an historical (pronouncing the h)

[Jonathan Lighter]

Wilson,  we cancel each other out.

JL

On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 11:34 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Jonathan Lighter
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> > I have always pronounced the H.
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> > Though now only in private.
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> 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.
>
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