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From: fantods@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Pronounciation - (nf)
Message-ID: <284@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA>
Date: Fri, 9-Sep-83 17:52:17 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep  9 17:52:17 1983
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People are confusing grammar with physiology in the
discussion of "an".  Flipping your tongue up to the top
of your mouth at the "n" sound while pronouncing the
phrase "an apple" is much easier, faster and clearer
than stopping your breath for an instant with your
throat and lungs when saying "a apple".  Same with all
the other words that make use of "an" instead of "a".
That's why "an" is there.  So please use the printed
word "an" as a guide to the writer's pronunciation,
which can vary, and be flexible in your judgement.
Remember that some people say "hiss-torian" and others
say "iztorian", so that both "an historian" and "a
historian" are correct.  In my book, anyway.  And, since
this is net.flame, if you don't like my book, I'm going
to stuff it down your silly little throats and MAKE you
bloody well like it, you stupid stiffs.  So there.
Thank you, and good night.