Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 08:27:20 -0800 (PST) From: Dave Walton <dwalton@psiint.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: hoek@freenet.hamilton.on.ca, Paul Richards <p.richards@elsevier.co.uk>, Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com>, asami@freefall.freebsd.org, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/editors/bpatch/pkg COMMENT Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.91.960325082257.52196A-100000@vv.psiint.com> In-Reply-To: <23517.827561571@time.cdrom.com>
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On Fri, 22 Mar 1996, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > But then there are also those really tricky ones like "hotel" > > which can be "a hotel" one day, and "an hotel" the next! > > Huh. I've only ever seen "a hotel" myself! Perhaps the sign-painter > outside of yours never went to school. :-) As with words starting with "u", this depends on how you pronounce the first letter of the word. Or, in this case, WHETHER you pronounce it. Thus, you use "a hotel" or "an 'otel", depending on your local dialect. Dave ========================================================================== David Walton Unix Programmer PSI INTERNATIONAL, Inc. email: dwalton@psiint.com 190 South Orchard #C200 Fax :(707)451-6484 Vacaville, CA 95688 Phone:(707)451-3503 ==========================================================================
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