an heinous habit

[rone]

Why the hell do people write "an historical" when nobody pronounces it "istorical"? Who the hell started this trend and why did it catch on?

Comments

[jeff2001.livejournal.com]

I don't know, but that's the pedantry of the masses for ya. As is a saying that always makes me cringe: "And the rest, as they say, is history." Nobody ever says "And the rest is history" anymore. The reference to the cliche has become the new cliche.

[tritone.livejournal.com]

As they say, "the rest, as they say, is an history".