Re: 2010 Book

[John Palcewski <palcewski@xxxxxxxxx>]

Using "an" before historic in America was considered an incorrect pretension, but then gradually it became accepted, because as linguists teach us, "usage rules."

On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 11:53 PM, Karl Shah-Jenner <shahjen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

 

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The lady next door was a High School English Teacher and said "an historic...", pronouncing the 'h' was correct but couldn't explain why. Then she moved 

English is a fun language.

 

 

it truly is =D

 

the francification of English that took place in England (and the Americans avoided) really demanded the h be silent..  it was more sophistimicated ;)

 

this and such words as 'programme' took over the original English spelling - and it's kinda funny really that so many words viewed as being 'American spelling' are actually the pre-fracified, original English