Why “pronounce” is being discussed
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> because who says "an history lesson"? People speaking dialects that don't pronounce the "h" in "history". Which used to be a lot more common when this rule was written down. I…
by jeroenhd · Sep 20, 2026
“a San Francisco startup” /ə ˌsæn frənˈsɪskoʊ ˈstɑɹtˌʌp/ vs “an SF startup” /ən ˌɛsˈɛf ˈstɑɹtˌʌp/ i.e. you have to mentally pronounce the phrase before choos…
by nivertech · Sep 20, 2026
From your link: > Style guides like The Chicago Manual of Style, The AP Stylebook, and The Penguin Writer’s Manual regard the following as correct in modern usage: “a historical…
by kstrauser · Sep 20, 2026
I think that's one regional. It'd be super weird to pronounce the h in homage in most of Canada ime.
by s3graham · Sep 20, 2026
I feel the same way about "an homage". The H is normally pronounced on "homage" - for example, you would not say "pay homage to" with the faux-French pronunciation. So you there…
by bigstrat2003 · Sep 20, 2026
GP is talking about the name of the letter H like when you're saying the ABCs. How do you pronounce it?
by subarctic · Sep 20, 2026
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