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To me it may be a tell for the writers at one point pronouncing it as "'istoric", similar to those who say human as "'uman", and then as you said likely fanning
by kwk1 6y ago
To me it may be a tell for the writers at one point pronouncing it as "'istoric", similar to those who say human as "'uman", and then as you said likely fanning out as an over-correction, possibly because that dialect was associated with prestige.
- IshKebab 6y agoYes maybe once upon a time but it doesn't explain why people say "an historic" today.