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minus-squareJPAKx4@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoCompletely off topic, but why does “an European” sound wrong? Like I’ve always said “an American” but never “an United States citizen” and it just doesn’t sound right.
minus-squareMelchiorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months agoEuropean is pronounced with a Y sound at the start of the word. Hence no “an”
minus-squareLichtblitz@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-22 months agoIn short: it’s not the letter, it’s the first sound that dictates “a” vs “an”. Example: a uniform an underling
minus-squareTiptopitlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·2 months agoBecause it is wrong. Same thing as with ‘a uniform’.
Completely off topic, but why does “an European” sound wrong? Like I’ve always said “an American” but never “an United States citizen” and it just doesn’t sound right.
European is pronounced with a Y sound at the start of the word. Hence no “an”
In short: it’s not the letter, it’s the first sound that dictates “a” vs “an”.
Example:
a uniform
an underling
Because it is wrong. Same thing as with ‘a uniform’.