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Historical Figure – An or A?

08.13.2008 · Posted in Amusing - haha!

Horoscope for the week of August 14, 2008 from Rob Brezny:

Twenty years ago, I ran for city council in Santa Cruz, California. As one of my campaign promises, I told voters I would regularly consult with the spirit of America’s third president, Thomas Jefferson, with whom I’d established a telepathic rapport. I fell a few hundred votes short of winning a council seat, but I kept my pledge anyway: I’ve been communing with Jefferson ever since. Last night I met with him in my dreams. I told him you’re in an astrological phase that’s favorable for seeking out new teachers and teachings, and I asked if he had any advice. He suggested that you do what I do: Have conversations, either in dreams or fantasies, with an historical figure you deeply respect.

I often wonder if some of the creepier insects [such as the giant crunchy spiders that move quickly along the wall or the freakish Daddy Long Legs in my bathroom the other day] that come into my life are actually embodiments of ancestors. You know, they come back to keep an eye on you? I feel uber guilty when I smash them to bits, but really, if you’re coming back to watch over me in this lifetime, please come back as something a little more subtle.

I’ll probably have an easier time communicating with historical figures in dreams if I just sleep deep enough. Last night, I went to bed right after dinner and kept right on sleeping until the morning. I was awoken once by a text message, but still got quite a few hours in. Unfortunately, I do not recall any dreams at all. :/ I hate that.

Also, where is Rob Brezny from? Since when do we use “an” in front of the word “historical” as if it started with a vowel?

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  • @Jeshii: I tend to stick with how it's pronounced too! :)
  • I stick to the rule of a and an where the pronunciation of the next word is important. "Historical" has a "hhh" sound, so it would be a, but so would "uniform" which has a "yyy" sound. Umbrella would be an, but so would herb, unless you are British and pronounce it "hhhurb." Oh language...
  • L
    It's probably one of those romance languge holdovers where H isn't pronounced.
  • Sleep?! What's that??
  • H. (aka NC_State_gal)
    I was taught to use "an" prior to "h". (I know that I've used it in my own blog posts...)I don't know if this is the case throughout the South, though. My English teacher was a perfectionist with grammar rules.

    Oh...and I think that I've noticed that my friends from the midwest use "an" as well.
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