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  • 'A historic' or 'an historic' or either?

    From Byker@21:1/5 to Colonel Edmund J. Burke on Sun May 13 18:05:41 2018
    XPost: alt.english.usage, soc.culture.usa, alt.politics
    XPost: talk.politics.misc

    "Colonel Edmund J. Burke" wrote in message news:lmZJC.50025$RI2.13176@fx26.iad...


    I normally use uh historic event, to avoid any confusion.

    It depends on whether you pronounce the "h"

    Leave the "h" off and you might sound Cockney ("'Enry 'iggins", etc.)...

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