an historic WAS Re: Fajita (1971); O.T. personal info

[James Harbeck]

>an
>historic salt lick!

Ah, "an historic" -- I recently did a study on Canadian usage of "an"
before "historic," "historical," etc. (with a bunch of history on the
usage thrown in for good measure). Got some pretty interesting
results. Now I need to get off my butt and polish it to submit it
somewhere. Anyone who wants to read it just ask me and I'll send you
a copy of its current state.

James Harbeck.

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