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On 8/27/2012 4:32 PM, Richard Tobin wrote:
In article ,
Bill Wright wrote:

But the normal way is to say 'an hotel' and not pronounce the aitch.
That what everybody does.

Nowhere I've lived. It's just an affectation, like "erb".

I thought that was mostly a US thing.

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On 8/27/2012 6:07 PM, charles wrote:
In article , Mortimer
wrote:
"charles" wrote in message
...
In article , Richard Tobin
wrote:
In article , Bill Wright
wrote:

But the normal way is to say 'an hotel' and not pronounce the aitch.
That what everybody does.

Nowhere I've lived. It's just an affectation, like "erb".

no, it's proper English useage. I have an O level in English Language.

I've always spelled "usage" without an E in the middle, but it seems to
be one of those words which can be spelled either way.


Why is it correct to say "a hedge" or a "a hill" or "a hammock" but (to
the pretentious, at least) incorrect to say "a hotel"?

Perhaps because the 'h' is followed by an 'o'.

As in house and home?

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UnsteadyKen wrote:
charles wrote...

Perhaps because the 'h' is followed by an 'o'.


An horse! an horse! my kingdom for an horse!

Ride a cock 'oss
To Banbury Cross!

Ride a cock horse
To Banbury Crorse!

Bill

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writes
UnsteadyKen wrote:
charles wrote...
Perhaps because the 'h' is followed by an 'o'.
An horse! an horse! my kingdom for an horse!

Ride a cock 'oss
To Banbury Cross!

Ride a cock horse
To Banbury Crorse!

I live near Gerrards Crorse - which is, or corse, very Porsche.
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"Bill Wright" wrote in message
...
Mark Carver wrote:

Except they do, way beyond. All of France, a good chunk of Italy, and
with a large enough dish, and a clear sky, the Canary Is.
Further than that according to the increasingly excited texts I'm getting
from a customer who is touring with an 85cm dish and a very good LNB.

Bill


With a 1.5m dish more than 50 Sky channels can be received in Cyprus.

Y.

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"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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UnsteadyKen wrote:
charles wrote...
Perhaps because the 'h' is followed by an 'o'.

An horse! an horse! my kingdom for an horse!

Ride a cock 'oss
To Banbury Cross!

Ride a cock horse
To Banbury Crorse!

I think that I must be using the terminology "a hotel" rather than "an
hotel" because I am just a thick Geordie. I am grateful to Bill, ever the
Patrician, for correcting me in such a substle manner.
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In article ,
S Viemeister wrote:

Nowhere I've lived. It's just an affectation, like "erb".

I thought that was mostly a US thing.

Yes, it's common in the US, but here it's an affectation.

-- Richard

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In article ,
Bill Wright wrote:
charles wrote:
In article ,
Richard Tobin wrote:
In article ,
Bill Wright wrote:

But the normal way is to say 'an hotel' and not pronounce the aitch.
That what everybody does.

Nowhere I've lived. It's just an affectation, like "erb".

no, it's proper English useage. I have an O level in English Language.

And that was from the days when an O Level was the equivalent of a
modern degree.

so with 8 of those O levels, 3 A levels and an old fashioned degree, I'm
obviously overqualified for this newsgroup.

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Bill Wright wrote:

UnsteadyKen wrote:

charles wrote...

Perhaps because the 'h' is followed by an 'o'.

An horse! an horse! my kingdom for an horse!

Ride a cock 'oss

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On Mon, 27 Aug 2012 20:45:37 +0100, Bill Wright
wrote:

David Woolley wrote:
Bill Wright wrote:
JohnT wrote:

I think that he has already made it abundantly clear that, when
watching TV in the UK, he does so in circumstances that don't
necessitate him having a licence. For example, watching TV in the
house of a friend or family member, or in a hotel.

You mean 'an hotel'. Anyway, the fact is, he watches TV in a prison, and

Unless you pronounce hotel with a silent h, that is a common
misunderstanding of the sandhi rule being applied here. You use an when
the next word starts with a phonetic vowel, regardless of how it is
spelled. Thus "an honourable man", but for my pronunciation, at least,
"a hotel".

But the normal way is to say 'an hotel' and not pronounce the aitch.
That what everybody does.

Bill

It's just hotel where I was brought up. No 'a' or 'an'. 'th' is more
common as in th'otel

Steve

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