We all have those words that drive us crazy. Mine is when people pronounce associate as asso-SHE-ate.
It’s petty. Like really, really petty. But for some reason it grates on my nerves.
Also there’s an Reddit, user named random_commas or something like that. They leave legitimately good comments but with a few, extra commas in places that really fuck up the flow while reading. It gets me every single, time! I get all frazzled until I notice, the username and realize i’ve been had. Respect to that, person for having such a harmlessly evil schtick.
In the UK it is not unusual to hear “an ‘istorical” rather than “a historical” so I can - possibly - see where they’re coming from here. UK first letter “h” is going like the French and Spanish version, I.e. silent.
But i also an thankful for the framing of it that way cause i think it will still in my head when I’m reading and be a salve to seeing it spelles out on a page so thanks… Jerk (in a friendly way)
Side note: humble brag…I speak and moderate periodically at conferences. My friends give me a list of 5 words to slide into my speech. Moist was one of them. That’s the hardest word to just slip into (as it were) a presentation. I was successful.
“An Historical”
This makes my skin crawl. I imagine its what people who hate the word moist feel.
Did you know 3M stands for MOIST MOIST MOIST
Not sorry
Sorry man, english is not my first language so sometimes I make mistakes.
But I searched online and it seems that it’s not totally wrong to use “an” in front of historical, especially in informal writing.
We all have those words that drive us crazy. Mine is when people pronounce associate as
asso-SHE-ate.It’s petty. Like really, really petty. But for some reason it grates on my nerves.
Also there’s an Reddit, user named
random_commasor something like that. They leave legitimately good comments but with a few, extra commas in places that really fuck up the flow while reading. It gets me every single, time! I get all frazzled until I notice, the username and realize i’ve been had. Respect to that, person for having such a harmlessly evil schtick.In the UK it is not unusual to hear “an ‘istorical” rather than “a historical” so I can - possibly - see where they’re coming from here. UK first letter “h” is going like the French and Spanish version, I.e. silent.
I don’t like how much sense that makes.
But i also an thankful for the framing of it that way cause i think it will still in my head when I’m reading and be a salve to seeing it spelles out on a page so thanks… Jerk (in a friendly way)
I welcome your punishment. It is well deserved
Added another moist for emphasis.
Side note: humble brag…I speak and moderate periodically at conferences. My friends give me a list of 5 words to slide into my speech. Moist was one of them. That’s the hardest word to just slip into (as it were) a presentation. I was successful.
As someone who didn’t grow up speaking English, I never got why people consider it so annoying as a word.
Hows your project going these days, oh is moistly done now