-28 In American English, it feels more natural/easier to say "an historic" than "a historic.", amirite?

by Successful-Oven-1680 1 day ago

If you say 'uh' instead of 'A' when you say the article a, yes I agree. But when I historic, I say 'A' even when 99% of the time I would say 'uh'

by Anonymous 1 day ago

A long "A" there doesn't feel natural to me in my personal speech, but you have a legit critique. I just don't think that's how i speak myself.

by Successful-Oven-1680 1 day ago

I think that's just how I heard it spoken to me so that's how I say it. And it is definitely more grandiose but that's how it feels right to me.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

"Historic" doesn't have a soft/silent H though. You're meant to pronounce the H, as you would in "history" or "hippopotamus".

by Glittering-Mall-7859 1 day ago

It does flow better, it also prevents it being mistaken for "ahistoric" which means something different.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

A very good point!

by Successful-Oven-1680 1 day ago

Are you on adderall? Who thinks this much?

by bernierdamaris 1 day ago

English majors? Is your name spelled with "read" on purpose?

by Successful-Oven-1680 1 day ago

Yeah, it's called an inside homophone joke

by bernierdamaris 1 day ago

Nice!

by Successful-Oven-1680 1 day ago

wrong. A is used for consonants. AN is used for vowels.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

What about the word "hour"? A/an is used for consonant/vowel sounds. It's not about the spelling.

by Successful-Oven-1680 1 day ago

nah, the english language is strict about such things.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Nah I say 'an hour'. The h is almost too soft not to. It feels wrong to me now to say 'a hour'

by Anonymous 1 day ago

That's what I was saying. It's about the sound not the spelling. It's why you say "an FBI agent"

by Successful-Oven-1680 1 day ago

Because you say eff bee eye agent. But you don't say istoric (in most accents at least).

by funksalvatore 1 day ago

I half agree, but the other half of my unpopular opinion is that it is easier for me to say it as though it were spelled "istoric," i.e. with a silent or soft "h."

by Successful-Oven-1680 1 day ago

What about "uniform".

by Anonymous 1 day ago

That's a "sometimes Y is a consonant" situation, like saying "a year." It's the sound not the spelling.

by Successful-Oven-1680 1 day ago