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r/confidentlyincorrect • u/TheGayestOfTheGays7 • 19d ago
Red is a idiot
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Who says historic with a silent h? Is this one of those British things?
24 u/djddanman 19d ago Some British accents, but I'm American and have heard "an historic" with a non-silent H from more official and scholarly sources. 4 u/browsib 19d ago No British accent says "historic" with a silent H. And Americans like silencing an H more than Brits (see: herb). But yes "an historic" is sometimes said, with a non-silent H. More about emphasis than accent I think 1 u/Agzarah 18d ago "An 'istoric event" flows better and is easier to say. But it 100% should be "a historic event"
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Some British accents, but I'm American and have heard "an historic" with a non-silent H from more official and scholarly sources.
4 u/browsib 19d ago No British accent says "historic" with a silent H. And Americans like silencing an H more than Brits (see: herb). But yes "an historic" is sometimes said, with a non-silent H. More about emphasis than accent I think 1 u/Agzarah 18d ago "An 'istoric event" flows better and is easier to say. But it 100% should be "a historic event"
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No British accent says "historic" with a silent H. And Americans like silencing an H more than Brits (see: herb). But yes "an historic" is sometimes said, with a non-silent H. More about emphasis than accent I think
1 u/Agzarah 18d ago "An 'istoric event" flows better and is easier to say. But it 100% should be "a historic event"
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"An 'istoric event" flows better and is easier to say. But it 100% should be "a historic event"
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u/EdsonR13 19d ago
Who says historic with a silent h? Is this one of those British things?