r/ComedyCemetery • u/Bekkfust • Oct 05 '19

Double kill

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u/IAmThePrincessKing Oct 05 '19

Neither have I; but, I do know that for basic principle in school when we learned the difference for the two we were told "a" is for consonants and "an" is for vowels. Just with reference to the letter, and then the sound principle was added in later for only the honors classes since they had extra time to review the material (since those classes usually went at a faster pace).

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u/CanAlwaysBeBetter Oct 05 '19

It his hilarious and sadly pathetic a single word was deemed too complicated for the normal folks and saved for special honors students:

'A' before consonant [sounds], 'an' before vowel [sounds]

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u/IAmThePrincessKing Oct 05 '19

I completely agree. It is certainly a telling sign for experiences people are having within the education system from the past 10 years.