"A Homeric guide to grammar" Topic
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 John the OFM  | 13 Sep 2007 4:57 p.m. PST |
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| Carlos Marighela 2 | 13 Sep 2007 5:54 p.m. PST |
A homoerotic guide to grammar? Used to be one of the pillars of a good public school education, along with a good thrashing, regular debagging of the new boys and a good fagging system. |
| Coelacanth | 13 Sep 2007 7:38 p.m. PST |
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| SteelonSand | 14 Sep 2007 11:10 a.m. PST |
Surely that's #An# Homeric guide…? |
| John the OFM | 14 Sep 2007 12:07 p.m. PST |
No, because the "H" is sounded.
To say "an Homeric" sounds like you are being interviewed for butler school.
We do not say "Give me an hot dog." or "There is an hotel in Chicago." If the "H" were not sounded, as in "He is an honorable man.", then I would agree. |
| SteelonSand | 14 Sep 2007 3:12 p.m. PST |
So what is wrong with being a butler?, furthermore, isn't that "Please may I have a hotdog?", ahh, caught myself out there, 'a hotdog', oh well, teaches me for trying to teach the OFM a lesson! |
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