julianwgs@discuss.tchncs.de to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 4 months agoProud to be a Europeandiscuss.tchncs.deimagemessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1376arrow-down114file-text
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As a European it makes me proud to get a direct shout out from Linus 🫶🏻 <insert picture of beach here>
minus-squarevalkyre09@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up60·4 months agoSomething feels funny about “an European”. I’m pretty sure I’d say “A European”, but I have no idea what rule is triggering me to say that. Damn English is all over the place.
minus-squarejulianwgs@discuss.tchncs.deOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up65·4 months agoI didnt even think about it, but looking it up „a European“ is correct. It‘s not about the letter, but the sound. Source: https://www.quora.com/Which-is-correct-“a-European”-or-“an-European”-Why
minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up16·4 months agoWhenever someone types “an historic” I read it as “an istoric” in my mind.
minus-squaremad_asshatter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·edit-24 months agodeleted by creator
minus-squaremacniel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up14·4 months ago Damn English is all over the place. it absolutely is.
minus-squareYTG123@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-24 months agoEnglish spelling doesn’t match sound, it’s about sound European is (depending on exact dialect) /ˌjoː.ɹəˈpɪ.jan/, so it begins with a consonant. So you don’t need “an”
minus-squareJack Riddle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-24 months agoIt’s most likely because you don’t pronounce a vowel at the front of the word, even if you write one.
Something feels funny about “an European”. I’m pretty sure I’d say “A European”, but I have no idea what rule is triggering me to say that.
Damn English is all over the place.
I didnt even think about it, but looking it up „a European“ is correct. It‘s not about the letter, but the sound.
Source: https://www.quora.com/Which-is-correct-“a-European”-or-“an-European”-Why
Whenever someone types “an historic” I read it as “an istoric” in my mind.
And you’d be right to do so!
I read that in a French accent
Jurop
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it absolutely is.
Imperialism does that.
English spelling doesn’t match sound, it’s about sound
European is (depending on exact dialect) /ˌjoː.ɹəˈpɪ.jan/, so it begins with a consonant. So you don’t need “an”
It’s most likely because you don’t pronounce a vowel at the front of the word, even if you write one.