@wasay@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish • 18 days agoTesla sales plunge in Germanywww.msn.commessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1217arrow-down15file-text
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minus-square@JPAKx4@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish7•18 days 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-square@Melchior@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglish15•17 days agoEuropean is pronounced with a Y sound at the start of the word. Hence no “an”
minus-square@Lichtblitz@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish17•edit-217 days agoIn short: it’s not the letter, it’s the first sound that dictates “a” vs “an”. Example: a uniform an underling
minus-square@Tiptopit@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglish7•18 days 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’.