Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!whuxle!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!decwrl!daemon From: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: initial h's Message-ID: <5437@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Sun, 5-Feb-84 15:35:05 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.5437 Posted: Sun Feb 5 15:35:05 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Feb-84 10:02:39 EST Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Western Research Lab, Los Altos, CA Lines: 15 From: akov68::boyajian The reason that some words beginning with "h" take an "an instead of an "a" is that, in those cases, the "h" is silent, and so the word sounds as if it begins with a vowel. While some people (probably *do* pronounce the "h", "historic" *should* be pronounced "istoric" (and "herb" as "erb", etc.). --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC Maynard) UUCP: (decvax!decwrl!rhea!akov68!boyajian) ARPA: (decwrl!rhea!akov68!boyajian@Shasta)