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ceagleOnce 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
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
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*hehheh*
Date: 2004-06-08 11:58 pm (UTC)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*