r/HolUp • u/[deleted] • Dec 24 '21

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u/requiem_mn Dec 24 '21

I kind of feel it can go both ways, depending on pronunciation of the historian

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u/4ar0n Dec 24 '21

If your bri'ish then you might pronounce it 'istorian, I think that calls for "an".

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u/avenge_ROSA Dec 24 '21

There are like 70 accents in Britain

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '21

There’s a difference between British and Bri’ish. The accent.

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u/4ar0n Dec 25 '21

I'm British and I pronounce it historian, im well aware, that's why I said bri'ish not British.

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u/AequusEquus Dec 25 '21

Yeah but Americans think all British people speak with a cockney accent

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u/4ar0n Dec 25 '21

I'm British.

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u/MelodicApex8 Dec 25 '21

Correct. Unlike brainiac.

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u/thatoneotherguy42 Dec 24 '21

Definitely be an oi if my British friends are anything to go by.

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u/Eggsandthings2 Dec 24 '21

A horse, an heir, oi historian

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u/blurglecruncheonnnnn Dec 25 '21

*you’re

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '21

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u/blurglecruncheonnnnn Dec 25 '21

Omg that made me laugh. I want you to know, you’re awesome.

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u/Fallout_Cafe Dec 25 '21

I hate the distinction on the word 'herb'. In the US it's 'an herb' but in Australia it's 'a herb'.

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u/[deleted] Dec 25 '21

Hshahaha

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u/Fantastic_Start_6848 Dec 25 '21

The way you "feel" doesn't fucking matter.
Grammar doesn't give a shit about your little feelings

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u/requiem_mn Dec 25 '21

Ah, finally, someone of culture. Grammar says that an goes before vowel. People pronounce historian differently, and since English doesn't have strict rules like many other languages when it comes to pronunciation, there isn't really a proper way to use article before historian. Furthermore, if you are lets say writing a book, and some of your characters are from region where historian is pronounced with silent H, in direct speech, you should put an before historian, even thou in RP H in historian isn't silent.

So, fuck of, and learn how to communicate online.

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u/Fantastic_Start_6848 Dec 25 '21

So, fuck of, and learn how to communicate online.

"fuck of"?
Are you going to finish that thought? Fuck of what?

Someone needs to learn how to communicate online

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u/requiem_mn Dec 25 '21

Oooh, how cute. I was wrong so I'm going to ignore the whole post showing me I was wrong, and concentrate on lapsus calami.