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The word is "historic" either way, the commenter was using " 'istoric " as a way of indicating a particular pronunciation. There's a few words in English that
by caf 4y ago
The word is "historic" either way, the commenter was using " 'istoric " as a way of indicating a particular pronunciation.
There's a few words in English that begin with the letter h but not with the consonant sound /h/ (depending on your accent!), mostly because they're French in origin: historic is one, and there's also hour, heir, honour. "It is an honour to be here"
- Tao3300 4y agoYeah, where I'm from, since historic has the emphasis on STOR and not HI (as in history), the h is much softer, so it's pretty normal to say "an historic event" but also "a history of the world". It's silly to act like there's a right or wrong. Dialects and accents are a special thing. Just be consistent.