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New travel policy on Boeing flights (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Is it? I would think it's 'a', not 'an' because it's "a you-are-el" (English is not my native language).

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Yup, that's correct. It doesn't matter that it begins with a vowel, what matters is if it sounds like a vowel. Likewise, "an university" and "a hour" are both incorrect.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This is still salvageable by pronouncing it as "an earl".

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

Well, I'm sure at least some person out there pronounces it that way, but I've certainly never met one!