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Whoa
a homage, surely?
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StickFigureNinja is worried he may be on the list,
Fri 28 May 2004, 16:41,
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ok
sure
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b3rl1n,
Fri 28 May 2004, 16:42,
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Either
If a word starts with 'h' you can put 'an' or 'a' before it.
/teacher
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Lord Gibbon,
Fri 28 May 2004, 16:44,
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I suppose it depends on how you pronounce it
an "h"omage sounds just as wrong as
a "omage"
;)
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b3rl1n,
Fri 28 May 2004, 16:46,
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hence the "?"
cause it looked wrong, but sounded right.
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StickFigureNinja is worried he may be on the list,
Fri 28 May 2004, 16:46,
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Surely
if the H is silent then its an 'an' and if its not then its an 'a'.
eg. A Hotel
An Hour
or if you cant pronounce words properly "An 'otel".
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Paper Tiger,
Fri 28 May 2004, 16:46,
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I thought it didn't matter if the 'h' was silent or not,
since you can say either an historian or a historian and still be correct.
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Lord Gibbon,
Fri 28 May 2004, 16:48,
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that's a bit old fashioned
and "an homage" suggests it is being pronounced in the american faux-french stylee rather hom-idge.
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie,
Fri 28 May 2004, 16:52,
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Bollocks.
You use "an" when the noun begins with a vowel.
"H" is not a vowel.
A hotel, a hospial
not
an 'otel, an 'ospital
Won't somebody think of the children?!
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monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?,
Fri 28 May 2004, 16:54,
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"An" and "a"
fucks up on "european" aswell.
"An european country." Sounds wrong.
"A european country." Sounds correct.
:-)
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Vega31,
Fri 28 May 2004, 16:59,
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