Magda ? wrote:

On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 17:04:12 GMT, in rec.travel.europe, Deep Foiled Malls
arranged some electrons, so
they looked like this :

... On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 00:25:31 +0200, Alfred Molon
... wrote:
...
... In article , Padraig
... Breathnach says...
...
... a European.
...
... It's "an English", but "a European" - why ?
...
... Because it's not the initial letter that determines "a" or "an", but
... the sound of the initial letter that does. European starts with a 'y'
... sound, so it's "a" European.

I don't like your "explanation", guys.

It's a perfectly good one, and easy to understand. I can't think of any
exceptions to it (can anyone?)- dialect variations notwithstanding. For
example, some people will correctly say "an herb"- others "a herb." All
depends on whether or not the initial "h" is silent or not.

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