[Gllug] [OT] speaking French in France

Wed Sep 8 05:31:55 UTC 2004

On Tuesday 07 Sep 2004 8:11 pm, John Winters wrote:

> There's a very simple pragmatic rule - if you sound the 'h' then it's "a
> <whatever>" and if you don't then it's "an <whatever>".  If you use the
> old pronunciation of hotel then it's "an hotel".  If you use a more
> modern pronunciation then it's "a hotel".  It's "a horse" but "an
> 'orse".  It's "an honour" because the h is silent.

Rodney:   Why do they call him "Trigger"?  Does he carry a gun?
Del:          Nah!  It's cos 'e looks like an 'orse!

Chris

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