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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread It was, I believe, I who said #11493 12/04/2000 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 Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted YART Alert "an historical site" drum 11/29/2000 9:12 AM Re: YART Alert "an historical site" shanks 11/29/2000 9:30 AM Re: YART Alert "an historical site" xara 11/29/2000 3:03 PM Re: YART Alert "an historical site" shanks 11/29/2000 3:06 PM Re: YART Alert "an historical site" Max Quordlepleen 11/29/2000 6:19 PM Re: YART Alert "an historical site" wow 11/29/2000 8:27 PM Re: YART Alert "an historical site" drum 11/30/2000 6:31 AM Re: YART Alert "an historical site" belMarduk 11/30/2000 7:06 PM Re: YART Alert "an historical site" FishonaBike 11/30/2000 11:09 PM Re: YART Alert "an historical site" belMarduk 12/01/2000 2:30 AM Re: YART Alert "an historical site" Faldage 12/01/2000 12:57 PM My bad Faldage 12/01/2000 1:05 PM Re: HTML jmh 12/01/2000 1:17 PM Re: Markup Faldage 12/01/2000 1:56 PM Re: HTML wow 12/01/2000 2:00 PM Re: HTML jmh 12/01/2000 2:12 PM Re: YART Alert "an historical site" TEd Remington 12/01/2000 1:27 PM Re: YART Alert "an historical site" Capital Kiwi 12/01/2000 6:35 PM Re: YART Alert "an historical site" Marty 12/04/2000 4:53 AM Re: YART Alert "an historical site" Capital Kiwi 12/04/2000 6:50 AM Re: YART Alert "an historical site" TEd Remington 12/03/2000 9:06 AM Re: YART Alert "an historical site" drum 12/04/2000 5:12 AM It was, I believe, I who said Faldage 12/04/2000 12:51 PM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,361 Members9,209 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 12 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,195 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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