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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 Re: YART Alert "an historical site" #11491 12/04/00 05:12 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 11 Central BC, Canada D drum OP stranger OP drum stranger D Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 11 Central BC, Canada "An Historical Examination of the Pronunciation of H." But would you write (and say) "An History of the Pronunciation" or "A History?" TEd: It is a lovely place, but to answer your question: I just have to quote xara and say "They just taste better!", [thanks xara] when you say "An Historical...". Would I say "An History...", nope. As to WHY , well I've never claimed to be consistent. Gawd only knows English ain't. (Please notice the spelling of "Gawd", I don't want to become the next victim!) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: YART Alert "an historical site" #11492 12/04/00 06:50 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Shame Imelda didn't leave any of her shoes lying around. Maybe she did ... Ms Arroyo was certainly wearing high, high heels .... The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter It was, I believe, I who said #11493 12/04/00 12:51 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 The closest I have heard to a rule on this is that if the h is not sounded and the initial syllable is accented the proper article is a, but if the initial syllable is not accented the proper article is an. Thus, a history vs. an historical. This would explain why "[t]hey just taste better!" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,845 Members9,197 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish, Renegade98 9,197 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 403 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 31 A C Bowden 19 LukeJavan8 4 Bill_L 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,874 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,944 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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