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"An historical" actually is 'wrong' (for as wrong as anything can be in English, which generally isn't very). "Historical" doesn't make a vowel sound when read

by gergles 12y ago

"An historical" actually is 'wrong' (for as wrong as anything can be in English, which generally isn't very). "Historical" doesn't make a vowel sound when read (which is the rule).

blahedo 12y ago
It does if your dialect has a silent H there. A lot of people that pronounce "an historical" do so with a silent H.
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- chinpokomon 12y ago
  Maybe not silent, but definitely muted. It's a soft "H" and probably borrows its pronunciation from Spanish.