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Nah it looks like you did a pretty good job, haha.

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par-avion.livejournal.com

I know it's inconsistent but "a historic" just sounds wrong ... and "an historic" sounds pretentious.

How bout I just never use the word historic ever again?

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momentous, remarkable, note-worthy, notable, highly significant, famous, important, well-known, extraordinary...

Those should get you started.

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janie-tangerine.livejournal.com

Lol English = not my first language either so I probably have it wrong. Still, I'm pretty sure that I was taught that each of the listed words started with an h XD

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Ah, you would be correct!

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haldoor.livejournal.com

Ooops, I missed one... that should be 'an hour of your time'.

And it's weird but I can't do an hippo, even though I do an historic. Oddly odd. Oh God, now I'm wondering why I'd even consider doing a hippo. ;-P

Edited Date: 2010-11-04 05:58 pm (UTC)

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Hahaha, sometimes words have more than one meaning. It is best to keep that in mind. Especially when considering hippos. ;)

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siluria

I had to tick based on how my local dialect comes out when I say things, so excuse the Yorkshire lass :)

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Actually your local dialect, according to what I recalled and what kmousie just sent me, has everything to do with it. Good on you!

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siluria

Yay!!!

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I'm typing up the entry on this from Garner's Modern American Usage. I'll e-mail it to you. :-)

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Thank you my dear!

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Welcome!

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angela-weber.livejournal.com

lol. I'm pretty sure I just failed at everything. ;)

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Awww. haha. Not true.

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ozmissage.livejournal.com

This poll made me far more nervous than it should have. ;)

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Tests are hard.

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knopflergroupie.livejournal.com

I think "a historic" might be wrong, but "an historic" just sounds so...NOT like something I would say, ever.

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"A historic" is, coincidentally, historically correct.

Edited Date: 2010-11-04 10:11 pm (UTC)

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Did I pass? LOL

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You so do not pronounce your H in the word "hour" I can totally vouch for that.

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Funnily enough, I know it's supposedly 'correct' English to say 'an' in front of some (all?) Hs (ha, I don't really know at all!) but my ears reject the idea. 'An Hotel' just seems WRONG to me, as does 'An Historical' anything!

Ah, English: fickle to the core.

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I think only the silent ones. Knowing is half the battle!

Ah, English: fickle to the core.

Couldn't have put it better myself.

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It actually makes quite a lot of sense...I think

crickets is planning on sharing the entry from Garner's Modern American Usage later on, but the distinction comes from whether the "h" is aspirated (pronounced). So "an hour," but "a hippopotamus" or "a historic moment."

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Yars, but I am from Engerland, where people often go all lemon-faced over the apparent need to say 'an' historic moment or 'an' hotel.

Pft. In this instance, life is too darned tootin' short.

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Yes, indeed. I'm a fan of England, as you can see. :-) I suppose I should have clarified that my source discussed American usage. Out of curiosity, do you aspirate the h- sound in those words?

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If there's an H there, I'm sayin' it. To my ear, anything else sounds pretentious with a capital Q.

The way I look at it, if an article can't be bothered to be definite, I'm not going to let it decide how I pronounce stuff.

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The way I look at it, if an article can't be bothered to be definite, I'm not going to let it decide how I pronounce stuff.

Love it.

If there's an H there, I'm sayin' it.

Eddie would approve!

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Ah, Royal approval! My work here is done ;D

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Royally funny approval, perhaps. I meant Izzard. :-D Is there a royal named Eddie?

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I meant Mr. Izzard!!

(Let us not talk of Prince Edward here. One is an hanarchist.)

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Excellent! One loves him. ♥

"And that's what happens when cousins marry."

"Oh, you're a plumber? What on earth is that?"

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How did I do?

lol, it's sad because English isn't my first language, but I started using it a lot (thanks to the internet, yay) from a young age. So there are plenty of rules I forget or just didn't learn 'cause by the time they were taught in class, I already had my own little habits and vices of use.

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