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They coming for reaction gifs now too?! (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

what I love about it is that it isn't exactly "when the following word starts with a vowel", but rather when it sounds like it starts with a vowel, regardless if it does or not.

my favourite example is "herbs". In some versions of English, you say her-buh, so it would be "a herb". Some parts of the world, the 'h' is silent, so it's pronounced "erb", and would "an herb".

that concludes today's language lesson!