• NoxyEnglish
    13·
    2 days ago

    “an historic” is wrong and terrible if you pronounce the “h”

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      2·
      2 days ago

      “A historical” does sound a lot like “ahistorical” when spoken out loud.

      Just an observation I just made.

      • Malgas@beehaw.orgEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        Not in my accent. I would pronounce the first ‘a’ as /ə/ and the second as /eɪ/.

    • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.todayEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      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.

    • U de Recife@literature.cafe
      2·
      2 days ago

      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.

    • beastlykings@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      2 days ago

      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.

      • ADTJ@feddit.uk
        2·
        2 days ago

        Some people pronounce the h and some don’t. They’re saying it sounds bad to say “an his…”

          • NoxyEnglish
            2·
            2 days ago

            I’ve heard Brits both pronounce and not pronounce the “h”, it’s wild