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Subject: initial h's
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Date: Sun, 5-Feb-84 15:35:05 EST
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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)
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