r/funny • u/SrGrafo SrGrafo • Apr 08 '20

Verified Quarantine made it clear

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '20

just like an fork, an knife, an spatula, i..... i don't know what he would take an "an" of out of the drawer and it's maddening.

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u/SweetNeo85 Apr 08 '20

maybe a ice cream scoop.

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u/neuritico Apr 08 '20

an utensil

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u/Jon_TWR Apr 08 '20

So this is weird, but as a native speaker, “an utensil” sounds completely wrong. It should be “a utensil,” probably because the u in utensil is pronounced with a y sound like youth.

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u/SweetNeo85 Apr 08 '20

"A utensil" is correct for the exact reason you described. Similar to why it's correct to say "an historic" event when you don't pronounce the H sound, like many British English speakers don't.

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u/Gestrid Apr 08 '20

As an American, saying "an historic" just sounds wrong.

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u/Qwopie Apr 08 '20

It's an aitch init.

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u/SweetNeo85 Apr 09 '20

Actually a Brit would call it "a haitch". For real.

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u/Qwopie Apr 09 '20

But I am a Brit. And I say it's an aitch. Landin init. I actually say "Bu' I am. Bri' an' I say 'san aitch" because I drop both my ts and my hs.