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Proud to be a European (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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As a European it makes me proud to get a direct shout out from Linus 🫶🏻

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[-] [email protected] 60 points 2 months ago

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-%E2%80%9Ca-European%E2%80%9D-or-%E2%80%9Can-European%E2%80%9D-Why

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Whenever someone types “an historic” I read it as “an istoric” in my mind.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

And you'd be right to do so!

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I read that in a French accent

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

What an horrible rule

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

I disagree. It just marks the break between two vowel sounds. In English we just happen to write it down when necessary. French does this too, but in the opposite direction. As a general rule, one does not pronounce the last consonant of a word except in instances where two vowel sounds meet. In these cases, the first word's consonant links into the second word

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Whoosh

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Lmao alright fair play

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