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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

An hour

Note, this can differ by region. For example, “an historic …” is common in the UK, whereas it would be “a historic …” in the US due to accent differences.

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Jarix@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
That’s because the h is silent at the beginning of a word in the UK.

An 'istoric

A Historic makes sense if you outgoings the hard H sound

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- sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Yup, it’s just not so obvious when reading text.
  
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  - Jarix@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Streuth (struth? 'struth? No idea how to actually write that expression)
    
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beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
“He is an halibut.” --Monty Python 😁

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