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Comment by zombot

2 months ago

In what neck of the woods? English pronunciation never gets boring.

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swiftcoder  2 months ago

In British English the "an" is correct, even though most English dialects don't actually render the H as silent. It's a French-derived word that had a silent H originally, ergo we use "an".

  • NuclearPM  2 months ago

    That’s ridiculous. British people have been butchering English for far too long.

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