Why Does This bother Me So Much?

[dogriver]

I don't understand why this bothers me so very, very much, but it does. I'm seeing, particularly among blind people, a total and utter disregard for the word "an". People just right "a", even if the next sound afterwards is a vowel sound. Every time I read it, it makes me want to yell!

Comments

[shazza59.livejournal.com]

Herbalist and all relations to herb is a hard one. I tend to say herb with a silent h, so it would be an herbalist for me. But in this case, it's a matter of pronunciation. where it gets sticky are words like historian or hotel. To me it's a hotel and a historical event since the h in these words is said. For honor,, honest and herb, it would be "an" because the h in these words are not spoken. I've never ever read herb or heard it spoken with the h, so you are an herbalist. I am an honest woman who is trying to deal with a historical language destrruction in a house of an honorable family. *grin*

[pawpower4me.livejournal.com]

but you see, dear Shazza,
I received my herbalist training from a school in the UK where the "h" in "herbalist" is most certainly said.

I say herb with the "H"
I use the UK speech in jaws (when I use windows) and it says the "h" in "herbalist" too.

Does the American version of Jfw say "erbalist?

[shazza59.livejournal.com]

My American accented JFW says herb without the h, but oddly, it says herbalist with the h. Now is that weird or what?