[78-L] A or An [was When is an LP an Lp]^

[Don Chichester]

Personally I'd cringe if someone (even I!) said 'a historic moment'.
Pretentious Don
 
> Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:53:58 -0400
> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] A or An [was When is an LP an Lp]^
> 
> On 10/21/2010 10:47 PM, Don Chichester wrote:
> >
> >>>
> >>
> >> Sorry, but nobody who wants to sound like anything but a phony baloney says "an
> >> historical". Unless you're in a Monty Python sketch. "This is a historic
> >> moment" sounds like people communicating. "This is an historic moment" sounds
> >> like pretentious bullshit.
> >>
> >> dl
> >
> > Maybe, but I 'hear' the voice of Edward R. Murrow saying "an historic moment" numerous times.
> > Sorry.
> > Don 
> > ___________________________________________
> 
> And Murrow could be pretentious. Great journalist, important broadcaster. I 
> wouldn't send Murrow a memo but I'd bawl out any announcer I heard using that 
> expression. If anyone can show me a style book where it's considered 
> acceptable, I'll slink back into my cave.
> 
> dl
> 
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