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?

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[boymozart.livejournal.com]

Pardon me for answering a question with a question, but now I need to know...do people say "an horrific"? Do they say "an heterosexual" or "an holiday" or "an handwritten"? Perhaps it's the letter I that comes after the letter H in the word "historical". But thieves don't run to "an hideout", do they? Is it because it's an adjective? No one says "an hideous", either, I don't think.

This is so confusing. It's enough to drive me into an hysterical fit.

Damn. I just re-read the subject, too.
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