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From: johnc@dartvax.UUCP (johnc)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: initial h's
Message-ID: <722@dartvax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 14-Feb-84 23:35:15 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 14 23:35:15 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 16-Feb-84 05:37:38 EST
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Organization: Dartmouth College
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>  A historic.
>  An historic.

I have heard it pronounced both ways.  Personnally, I think it
should be 'A historic' but the other way works just as well.
The rule I grew up with said use an if the h is silent, but
in 'popular' usage (meaning the way people say it in day-to-
day talking) it could be said either way.

just putting my two cents in,
--johnc   ...!decvax!dartvax!johnc