| From: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Gavin Flower <GavinFlower(at)archidevsys(dot)co(dot)nz> |
| Cc: | Isaac Morland <isaac(dot)morland(at)gmail(dot)com>, David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com>, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Developers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: "an SQL" vs. "a SQL" |
| Date: | 2021-06-10 21:39:00 |
| Message-ID: | df776aee-7178-c531-8a34-2f1c07733ec1@dunslane.net |
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On 6/10/21 5:32 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Gavin Flower <GavinFlower(at)archidevsys(dot)co(dot)nz> writes:
>> On 11/06/21 8:17 am, Isaac Morland wrote:
>>> ... But then there is "an historic occasion" so go figure.
>> The 'h' in 'historic' is silent, at least it used to be -- I think now
>> it is almost silent. So using 'an historic occasion' is correct.
> It's silent according to the Brits, I believe. In America, the
> pronunciation varies.
>
>
I suspect "an historic" is bordering on archaic even in the UK these days.
cheers
andrew
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Andrew Dunstan
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