"a historic" or "an historic"

We've chosen sides, passed out weapons, here in our newsroom tonight. Whose side are you on?

 

An historic.

 

A historic. Only use an before vowel sounds. You pronounce the h in historic, hence "a historic."

 

An.

 

Wanker.

 

Hey Good Doc, is it "a titty sprinkling motherfucker" or "an titty sprinkling motherfucker?"

can you help me out with that? Thanks!

 

I've always been squarely in the "a" camp. There is a consonant sound there, however slight it is.

My opinion was steeled years ago when Time magazine had Geraldine Ferraro on the cover after she became Mondale's running mate. The cover blurb was "A Historic Choice" and a couple weeks later had an article about how so many readers were saying they made a mistake, but the magazine held its ground.

 

It's not is-tor-ek, there's definitely an "H" sound to start.

 

A historic.... always

 

A

 

I would say 'a', and I would pronounce it as in 'hay', and not as in 'cat'.

 

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An happy day?
An hysterectomy?
An hypocrite?