Olympian
Senior Member
- Joined
- Aug 14, 2008
- Member Type
- Interested in Language
- Native Language
- Hindi
- Home Country
- India
- Current Location
- India
Hello,
How to pronounce the 'h' in 'an historic'?
At first I thought 'an historic' is wrong, but I found this article which concludes that:
a. both 'a historic' and 'an historic' are used and acceptable
b. 'an historic' is on the decline in both AmE and BrE
I came across a clip of Alex Trebek (5 sec) introducing IBM's Watson computer against human competitors in Jeopardy. I think he is saying 'an historic' with the 'h' sound. I am assuming that since he is a famous TV host, he must be right. I was expecting either 'a historic' or 'an historic' (with no 'h' sound).
Thank you
How to pronounce the 'h' in 'an historic'?
At first I thought 'an historic' is wrong, but I found this article which concludes that:
a. both 'a historic' and 'an historic' are used and acceptable
b. 'an historic' is on the decline in both AmE and BrE
I came across a clip of Alex Trebek (5 sec) introducing IBM's Watson computer against human competitors in Jeopardy. I think he is saying 'an historic' with the 'h' sound. I am assuming that since he is a famous TV host, he must be right. I was expecting either 'a historic' or 'an historic' (with no 'h' sound).
Thank you
Last edited: