A Homage

[ceagle]

Once upon a time, there was an horse.
He didn't have an home or an house of his own, but even so, he was an happy horse. Additionally, the horse knew that it wasn't exactly an historical precendent to have an house, though he still yearned to one day own such an hospitable habitation.
Hence, he had heard of an heretofore hirsute homonid hoping to hasten his happenstances into such an home, so he hurried over to hear an hitherto unheard hustle.

Weeks went by, then months.. and the horse soon began to wonder if this homonid could hack it. Would he really be an hero and an helpful hired hand toward his home-hopeful hooves?... or just an hindrance?

He would never know... an hole soon fell out of the market, and he had to hie thee hither!

And so, a honor of ownership was never quite hewn, but he never was stranded nor homeless, for soon... an haystack ere beckoning as sufficient shelter, gave solace away from this H helter skelter :D

Comments

[mortonfox.livejournal.com]

HuH?

[richardf8]

And an "Huh?" from me too!

[mortonfox.livejournal.com]

A "Huh?" would add two more 'H's to this entry so I guess it fits, somewHat.

*hehheh*

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

sorry gang... :>

Welp, maybe the big "oooohhhhhhhhhhh" would be more gently put, with a slight explanation.

*chirp* :> It's pretty well-known that one of the most common mistakes in our language is the mispronuciation of "nukeular" ah? ....And of course in that same regard, there are some other common mistakes, like confusion between "insure" and "ensure", and when to use objective (me and her) and subjective (I and she) terms.

Okeee... well, p'raps one of the most quizzically puzzling anomalies, particularly because of how common the mistake prevails among orators and writers in general, is the misunderstanding of the usage of articles before the letter H. To be watching a newscast and suddenly hear a commentator say "today was an historic occasion" just sends grating chills up the spine.... 8| *ulp*

The article (an or a, for example) before the letter H defaults to its consonant modifier "a" ... unlesssssss... it is silent, such as in "honor" or "honest".

So I've sometimes contemplated a way to illustrate this fallacy with a crystal clear yet lighthearted way, and today it just struck me that this might work. :>

I hope that clears it up a bit... :> *wags*

Creative

[artemis1.livejournal.com]

I caught your meaning from the outset, however, I always thought that "homage" was preceded by "an". It is the ONLY thing I DIDN'T get. Very creative on your part. Ever thought of teaching?

*wags tail and wingpats ya*

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

Yup... you're absolutely right..... in 'homage' the H is silent, so the word is treated as an initial vowel, and "an" is indeed the proper terminology :9

In my story above, care is taken to see than the rules are broken in every case, to emphasize the effect... *flufflefeathers* :>

And yep!.. that's part of what I do. Plan to get some additional certifications as time moves along, but you did hit that on the button. One of the nicest things in life is to see a smile and hear someone learn from something you can illustrate and help them learn.

Thanks for stoppin' in! ^V^

Helping people

[openheartsoftly.livejournal.com]

One of the nicest things in life is to see a smile and hear someone learn from something you can illustrate and help them learn.

Exactly!

Watching the little light bulbs get brighter and brighter in their eyes is so awesome.

Somehow they find ways to brighten my bulbs too. That rocks.

Adorable story, thanks for sharing.

Have the best

*peep*

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

*wing-hug-pats you thanks for your thoughts on this entry, and glad you enjoyed it too* ^v^
*wags tail!*

[chahala.livejournal.com]

You know.... after reading the comments I realized what it was that people were talking about. There was an horse.

It just that... when I read it... I would have sworn that it was There was a horse and it didn't use the an word. My mind tends to just skip things like misspelled words and bad english and fix it up on the fly. So much so that I don't 'see' the mistakes when people make them. All the an's shouldn't have been there... so I didn't see them. ":)

Tiss an honor to play word games though.

Chahala

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

*hehees, and hugpats ya*
Yep!... interesting how our minds can adapt in life, ah!

Re: Too much Porfingles

[sennard.livejournal.com]

Heh, it could be reading too many Pewfell Porfingles comics. The character Bish always uses 'An' as in 'Strike it with an hammer!'

Re: i dunno quite why, but...

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

:D I gotta see summa these comics sometime!

[genecatlow.livejournal.com]

An hysteric post! ^_^

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

*chuckle flutters!*
Thanx for the entry, me friend...! U nearly make me an histerical high-flyin' hawk sometimes! :D