>an historic
An historic
that's the patrician way of saying it
>et ketera
As a native english speaker I can honestly say this rule has never made sense to me, it's certainly more cumbersome to say than 'a historic'. Is to help clarify the difference between 'a historic' and 'ahistoric'?
It's a holdover from britbong proles, i.e. "ann issstoric bloody event guvna innit." or rather, it's an 'oldover.
It’s just the difference in American/British syntax you fucking retards. Ffs why can’t you see that. OP is how Brits would say it. Make this thread in the early hours of the day and you’d probably get 4-5 angry retards from Brit going the other way.
I hate you all
all this spilled tea LOL
I called brits equally as retarded, retard
et katana, brute?
the british really do ruin everything
>if I call EVERYONE retarded nobody will find me out!
Chill the fuck out, I'm british. No one is saying that its not inherent to anglo english, but saying 'its different from american' does not explain why its there. Why use 'an' when 'h' isn't a vowel?
you mean
>eck cetera
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I always thought of it as a carryover from French.
Probably showing that we are writing/reading more
Enjoy becoming obsolete brits
>puh-tri-shun
Of course you're doing more, America is all about excess. But I'd still rather be obsolete than obese.
>in literary analysis class
>lecturer reading poems usually british poets
>keeps pronouncing the 'h'
>even when it's preceeded by "an"
I don't understand this. Have they never heard a British person speak?
>actually reading shakespeare without doing a trash cockney accent
It flows better. There's a reason why people find British accents attractive and American accents grating and obnoxious.
>arms akimbo