Actually, I HAVE heard "an historic" used in speech, without the H - usually, it is for a more formal event, even on a newscast. The launching of the Titanic was an event that could have been described that way.
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Actually, I HAVE heard "an historic" used in speech, without the H - usually, it is for a more formal event, even on a newscast. The launching of the Titanic was an event that could have been described that way.
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In my local dialect I would probably say 'an 'istoric'. Although when typing I still think it is appropriate to use the correct grammar.Originally Posted by Catty1
Yeah, I was always taught " is for speech, ' is an apostrophe or for quotation.
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Zara, speaking of dialect - WAY before you were born, Petula Clark made her first appearance on a North American TV show - I THINK it was Ed Sullivan.
Anyway, "Pet" told Ed that the British were the only people that had a word to rhyme with "orange".
"What's that?" asked Ed.
"Door'inge," she replied.
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LMAO!Zara, speaking of dialect - WAY before you were born, Petula Clark made her first appearance on a North American TV show - I THINK it was Ed Sullivan.
Anyway, "Pet" told Ed that the British were the only people that had a word to rhyme with "orange".
"What's that?" asked Ed.
"Door'inge," she replied.
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