A User or An User?

[McLauchlan, Kevin]

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> > From: McLauchlan, Kevin
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> > 'Is Nibbs sat in 'is 'istory class, 'e did...  'istorically
> > speakin', at
> > least, that was 'er story.
> 
> I think the "th" is silent, too.

Good catch (probably the "t" in least, as well), but I was running out
of single-quote characters.  Fortunately, I've now found found a refill.

Inasmuch as (yet notwithstanding that) this is all in fun, I've also
heard plenty of Brits with rather plummy upper-uppity accents speak of
'istory and 'erbs... including some respected 'istorians on BBC.

(And Outlook/Word's spell-checker tried to correct "plummy" with
"plumy", just now.)

So, the question is, if one is writing for a British audience, which way
do the articles swing?  And what about the other (non-American)
Englishes? Australian? New Zealand? Indian?

Kevin



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