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minus-squareNoxy@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 day ago“an historic” is wrong and terrible if you pronounce the “h”
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day ago“A historical” does sound a lot like “ahistorical” when spoken out loud. Just an observation I just made.
minus-squareMalgas@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 hours agoNot in my accent. I would pronounce the first ‘a’ as /ə/ and the second as /eɪ/.
minus-squareYiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day 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 Recife@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day 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-squarebeastlykings@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day 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-squareADTJ@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·23 hours agoSome people pronounce the h and some don’t. They’re saying it sounds bad to say “an his…”
minus-squarebeastlykings@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 hours agoOh I get it, I guess I never heard it pronounced that way. British maybe?
minus-squareNoxy@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 hours 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