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I will look that up in an history book and get back to you.
by stretchwithme 9y ago
I will look that up in an history book and get back to you.
- greenshackle2 9y agoThey're pronounced differently: History: /ˈhist(ə)rē/ Historic: /hiˈstôrik/ The 'h' is stressed in 'history', not in 'historic'. Try pronouncing 'historic' with a stress on the first syllable, it sounds wrong. Since it's softer in historic it's more natural (to me anyway) to use 'an'. (Also, I'm french so I barely pronounce h's to begin with - so in my speech the stressed 'h' in history is kinda soft, and the unstressed h in historic is barely there.) (edited)
- stretchwithme 9y agoI've never heard the Hs pronounced differently here in the US. Perhaps its too subtle for me.