[Gllug] re: an before 'h'

Andrew Halliwell ah at gnd.com
Thu Sep 9 12:34:17 UTC 2004


And verily, didst t.clarke announce to the hordes:
> 
> The 'pragmatic rule' regards the silence of the 'h' sounds right to me;
> but if you speak Estuary English the complexities fall away, since the h is
> ALWAYS silent  (sorry - except of course when pronounced on its own when it
> becomes haitch for 'arry).

Even then it'd be silent surely?
'aitch for 'arry.

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