We all have those words that drive us crazy. Mine is when people pronounce associate as asso-SHE-ate.
It’s petty. Like really, really petty. But for some reason it grates on my nerves.
Also there’s an Reddit, user named random_commas or something like that. They leave legitimately good comments but with a few, extra commas in places that really fuck up the flow while reading. It gets me every single, time! I get all frazzled until I notice, the username and realize i’ve been had. Respect to that, person for having such a harmlessly evil schtick.
In the UK it is not unusual to hear “an ‘istorical” rather than “a historical” so I can - possibly - see where they’re coming from here. UK first letter “h” is going like the French and Spanish version, I.e. silent.
But i also am thankful for the framing of it that way cause i think it will stick in my head when I’m reading and be a salve to seeing it spelled out on a page so thanks… Jerk (in a friendly way)
Not according to my english teachers, but thats a different discussion and not why I responded
My english teachers taught it and enforcing it might be why, but it strikes a nerve when i hear it. Not sure why its just uncomfortable to process when i hear it (and i “hear” what im reading in my internal voice. As i understand it not everyone has an internal voice, similar to aphantasia)
Another user pointed out a pronunciation that helps. Some accents pronounce the H in words more than others, “an 'istorical” does trigger whatever my brain does with the hard H after an.
Also Lacking the ability myself, I only have respect for people that speak more than one language.
Absolutely no need for an apology friend. Its very much a regional thing as well. But having this discussion im sure someone will learn something they didnt know about the world so in a way, we are by having this discussion helping people learn, and i think its good to learn even if its only useful to others witnessing this discussion
Side note: humble brag…I speak and moderate periodically at conferences. My friends give me a list of 5 words to slide into my speech. Moist was one of them. That’s the hardest word to just slip into (as it were) a presentation. I was successful.
“An Historical”
This makes my skin crawl. I imagine its what people who hate the word moist feel.
Did you know 3M stands for MOIST MOIST MOIST
Not sorry
We all have those words that drive us crazy. Mine is when people pronounce associate as
asso-SHE-ate.It’s petty. Like really, really petty. But for some reason it grates on my nerves.
Also there’s an Reddit, user named
random_commasor something like that. They leave legitimately good comments but with a few, extra commas in places that really fuck up the flow while reading. It gets me every single, time! I get all frazzled until I notice, the username and realize i’ve been had. Respect to that, person for having such a harmlessly evil schtick.That is wonderously harmful evil, thanks for sharing. Im slightly worried im going to start noticing that asso-she-ate pronoun-she-ation.
Time will tell!
In the UK it is not unusual to hear “an ‘istorical” rather than “a historical” so I can - possibly - see where they’re coming from here. UK first letter “h” is going like the French and Spanish version, I.e. silent.
I don’t like how much sense that makes.
But i also am thankful for the framing of it that way cause i think it will stick in my head when I’m reading and be a salve to seeing it spelled out on a page so thanks… Jerk (in a friendly way)
Edit: spelling
Sorry man, english is not my first language so sometimes I make mistakes.
But I searched online and it seems that it’s not totally wrong to use “an” in front of historical, especially in informal writing.
Don’t worry OP, you are actually correct in using “an historical.”
Not according to my english teachers, but thats a different discussion and not why I responded
My english teachers taught it and enforcing it might be why, but it strikes a nerve when i hear it. Not sure why its just uncomfortable to process when i hear it (and i “hear” what im reading in my internal voice. As i understand it not everyone has an internal voice, similar to aphantasia)
Another user pointed out a pronunciation that helps. Some accents pronounce the H in words more than others, “an 'istorical” does trigger whatever my brain does with the hard H after an.
Also Lacking the ability myself, I only have respect for people that speak more than one language.
Absolutely no need for an apology friend. Its very much a regional thing as well. But having this discussion im sure someone will learn something they didnt know about the world so in a way, we are by having this discussion helping people learn, and i think its good to learn even if its only useful to others witnessing this discussion
Added another moist for emphasis.
Side note: humble brag…I speak and moderate periodically at conferences. My friends give me a list of 5 words to slide into my speech. Moist was one of them. That’s the hardest word to just slip into (as it were) a presentation. I was successful.
As someone who didn’t grow up speaking English, I never got why people consider it so annoying as a word.
I feel that is like me failing to understand why pinaeapple on pizza offends many people?
Hows your project going these days, oh is moistly done now
I welcome your punishment. It is well deserved