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Why is it "An Historic" but not "An History book" or "An Historian"? [View all]
I always hear a cockney accent in my mind when I read "an historic".
Like "Good day guv'nah. Might I interest chew in an 'istoric tour of 'istoric 'houses wut is led by an 'istorian?"
Perhaps I should ask a magistrate or a barrister...
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