Norman Scott, 



I _ope _hat _his _elpful t_oug_t and r_etorical question mig_t _elp t_is _ost of folks to _ave an _istorical impact on _his issue. 





  

Eduard 







----- Original Message -----


From: "Scott Catledge" <[log in to unmask]> 
To: [log in to unmask] 
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 11:19:35 AM 
Subject: Dropping the h 




My MS Word did not like most of the discussion and left only a few sentences legible. 

For this reason I may be repeating what others have said; if so , my apology. 

  

I keep the ‘h’ in “the historical” and drop it in “an historical.”  I say “a history.”  Why do 

I not say “an history.”  The very presence of ‘an’ tells me that the ‘h’ in historical is 

silent—but why?  I cannot think of another phrase comparable to “an historical”  

 except ‘an hysterical.”  

Can you? 

  

Norman Scott Catledge, PhD/STD 

Professor Emeritus 

history & languages 

  To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" 

Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/

To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at:
     http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html
and select "Join or leave the list"

Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/