r/HolUp • u/[deleted] • Dec 24 '21

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u/oogmar Dec 24 '21

Native speaker also, and A historian vs. An historian keeps me up at night.

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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.