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Historic begins with a hard h consonant sound. The h isn't silent. "A historic" is correct. With that said, I don't personally have a problem with "an historic
by brianlash 2y ago
Historic begins with a hard h consonant sound. The h isn't silent. "A historic" is correct.
With that said, I don't personally have a problem with "an historic." I recognize it as a convention adopted by people whose dialect favors the silent h historic.
- card_zero 2y ago'owever, "an historic" is more historic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-dropping#H-insertion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-dropping#H-insertion The silent h is because words like this were originally French. Victorians started pronouncing the h again.
- sandworm101 2y agoThe difference in accent in relation to the written word between the old and new world is tied to the geographic and religious histories of the two cultures. North American english strives to mirror spoken and written language, whereas the older cultures in the UK see little problem with such differences.
- card_zero 2y agoIn the case of historic, herb, etc., it's the other way round.