"an" one byne bill

Mishaela

Mishaela

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Wondering why it is they changed it back from "an" to "a"? I know a lot of people laughed about it for some reason but I could've sworn any and all words that begin with a vowel are supposed to be in conjunction with the word "an" instead of "a".

I asked a few people about this and they said that the number "one" is an exception due to it being a number, but when I point out that people always say "an" before "eight", they suddenly don't know anymore.

So is there really in fact some reason as to why you'd say "a" before "one", or is that in fact wrong and they changed it back simply because enough people preferred it that way?
 
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It's because of the way it's pronounced. Similar to "an historic".
 
The "o" in "one" is a vowel letter, but the actual sound for "one" begins as a consonant ("w"), so you use "a." You wouldn't say "an win" or "an walrus."
 
Ahkay, makes sense...could could've sworn my old English teacher always harped about people not using "an" for all words beginning with vowels and using "an" for words that had silent first letters that caused it to begin with a vowel sound (i.e. honor)

Safe to say he was a piece of sh-!t teacher, eh. =P Thanks for the responses, this question just semi-crossed my mind since coffee isn't done yet and I'm half asleep and such.
 
Something about semantics. I would agree it doesn't seem to follow well with the number one. It's the loneliest number after all.

I say "I have a one byne bill". When do you say 'an' before eight anyway? I can't think of an example.
 
Neisan said:
Something about semantics. I would agree it doesn't seem to follow well with the number one. It's the loneliest number after all.

I say "I have a one byne bill". When do you say 'an' before eight anyway? I can't think of an example.
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There was an eighth contestant.

She found an eight and a seven.
 
While we are on the topic of grammar.. How do you pronounce the plural for of Lamia? Lamias? or Lamiai?
 
So like Lami-eye?
 
seriously? ..... /head exsplodes
 
I could of sworn I read in the NPC chat log that it said "Lamiae" >.>
They could have made a mistake but I do know that the spelling did catch my eye and it's been inputted like that ever since.

But yeah...I think its like Lami-eyyyyyy like the fonz XD
 
eyyyyy ^^
 
I think we can all agree the English language is annoying :D and that *strangles Ishy* hehe. Anyways, curious, how much have the one coins become?
 
Neisan said:
Something about semantics. I would agree it doesn't seem to follow well with the number one. It's the loneliest number after all.

I say "I have a one byne bill". When do you say 'an' before eight anyway? I can't think of an example.
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An eight-inch penis?
 
LOL (letters)
 
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