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minus-squareNoxylinkfedilinkEnglish13•4 days ago“an historic” is wrong and terrible if you pronounce the “h”
minus-square@prole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilink2•4 days ago“A historical” does sound a lot like “ahistorical” when spoken out loud. Just an observation I just made.
minus-squareMalgaslinkfedilinkEnglish2•4 days agoNot in my accent. I would pronounce the first ‘a’ as /ə/ and the second as /eɪ/.
minus-square@YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglish2•4 days agoI just saw a video from an etymologist about just this! Apparently the H used to be pronounced different a couple hundred years ago, and it’s a carry over from that.
minus-squareU de Recifelinkfedilink2•4 days agoI was just recording me reading from a book. At a certain point, that sentence appears. An historical… Me, to myself: fuck it, I won’t read that n.
minus-square@beastlykings@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink1•4 days agoCould you elaborate? I’m dumb. According to my pet peeve, this looks fine? I just scrolled past a meme that said something like “download a ISO” and I was like gah, no, it’s AN ISO.
minus-square@ADTJ@feddit.uklinkfedilink2•4 days agoSome people pronounce the h and some don’t. They’re saying it sounds bad to say “an his…”
minus-square@beastlykings@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink1•4 days agoOh I get it, I guess I never heard it pronounced that way. British maybe?
minus-squareNoxylinkfedilinkEnglish2•4 days agoI’ve heard Brits both pronounce and not pronounce the “h”, it’s wild
“an historic” is wrong and terrible if you pronounce the “h”
“A historical” does sound a lot like “ahistorical” when spoken out loud.
Just an observation I just made.
Not in my accent. I would pronounce the first ‘a’ as /ə/ and the second as /eɪ/.
I just saw a video from an etymologist about just this! Apparently the H used to be pronounced different a couple hundred years ago, and it’s a carry over from that.
I was just recording me reading from a book. At a certain point, that sentence appears. An historical… Me, to myself: fuck it, I won’t read that n.
Could you elaborate? I’m dumb.
According to my pet peeve, this looks fine? I just scrolled past a meme that said something like “download a ISO” and I was like gah, no, it’s AN ISO.
Some people pronounce the h and some don’t. They’re saying it sounds bad to say “an his…”
Oh I get it, I guess I never heard it pronounced that way. British maybe?
I’ve heard Brits both pronounce and not pronounce the “h”, it’s wild