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Subject:Re: a vs. an historial From:Diane Williams <diane_williams -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:Kelly Parr <KParr -at- c-bridge -dot- com>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 8 Mar 2000 13:24:15 -0800 (PST)
re: hearing "an 'historial moment" on newscasts, etc.
I just tested myself and found it's easier to say "anistorical moment"
or even "anysterical moment" <g> than "uh historical (hysterical)
moment." I might mispronounce "anistorical" orally, but I would always
write "a historical..."
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