wow.. I actually heard it just now

[ceagle]

I sometimes use the exaggeration "An house is not an home" to illustrate the misuse of the article before the consonant "H", because arrogant newscasters and commentators tend to say things like "An historic moment" to sound like they know english better than the rest of us.... but I actually heard one say 'an house' just now on tv.... arrrgh! :P

An honor ... correct
An homage ... correct
An host, an hobnail, an hovercraft ... wrong

(the article preceding the H is guided by whether it is silent, and thus used as a vowel, or emphasized as a consonant)

peep!

Comments

[genecatlow.livejournal.com]

An how! ^_^

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

hyah! lol!
(or, an hyah!)
You are an happenin' cat, if there ever wuz one!... it doesn't take an whole lot to figure that out.. *wooot!*
And you make the whirled an happier place for an heaps of a lotta people!

(I hope I didn't drive you to run screamin' to an horizon with that pile-up of grammatical garba-je... whilst seeking an hyperbole.... hehee!) ;>
*hugpats wingfully* It's justa jest.. :D

[genecatlow.livejournal.com]

Yes... but your jests... are the bests! Wasn't running
for the hills (or even 'an hill' ^_^) but was merely
acknowledging my noticing the same thing from time to
time. (Though based on my own news=watching experience,
I hardly think that any newscaster could make a
convincing argument to the effect that they are more
skilled in the English language than the average person!
I've heard some *dumb* things come out of those mouths
with microphones in front of them...)