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Someone got Doom in an SQL database (arstechnica.com)

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[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

It's always fun to get a glimpse into how other people pronounce things with their usage of A vs AN. My favorite example is people who say "an historic".

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[–] Trail@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

If you go by the Greek origin of the word (ιστορία), that's more correct. Correcter, if you will.

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[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago (1 child)

This I at least can comprehend, as H is silent in some languages

I sometimes see it with words I can't even start guessing, can't remember which, but I think last time it was something starting with M or N after ‘an’

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[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

"an mnemonic"

language processing brain center implodes

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