an historical (pronouncing the h)

[Jonathan Lighter]

The proximate cause of that article was my use of "an historical" in a
subtitle.

And yes, I have always pronounced the H.

Though now only in private.

JL


On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Paul Frank <paulfrank at post.harvard.edu>wrote:

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> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Charles C Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:
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> > Dwight Bolinger, "Are You a Sincere H-Dropper?" _American Speech_ 50
> (1975): 313-315.
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> > --Charlie
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> Thanks for the tip, but unfortunately, living in the sticks and far
> from a research library I don't have access to American Speech. Nor do
> I have a JSTOR subscription.
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> Sniff,
>  Paul
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