an historical (pronouncing the h)

[Wilson Gray]

On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have always pronounced the H.
>
> Though now only in private.

I, too, have always pronounced the H. But I have *not* always preceded
said H with _an_. After having come across "an historical" in print, I
thought that it was right boss and made a conscious decision to modify
my grammar to permit that structure. I can't recall that I've ever had
occasion to *speak* "an historical, an heroic," etc.. but I think them
and write them.

--
-Wilson
–––
All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"––a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
–Mark Twain

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