Actually, That's 'High Style', a much later anachronism.Quote:
Sirrah, if thou wouldst keep thy counsel, thou wouldst be considered a fool.
Probably one of the most popular examples of old english is the Canterbury tales. Have a look sometime.
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Actually, That's 'High Style', a much later anachronism.Quote:
Sirrah, if thou wouldst keep thy counsel, thou wouldst be considered a fool.
Probably one of the most popular examples of old english is the Canterbury tales. Have a look sometime.
I think people say "an historic" 'cause they want to sound scholarly and l337z. In the same breath, they can't even get down the difference between historical and historic.Quote:
Originally posted by Malacasta
I wonder if the reason people say 'an historical', is because there is the word ahistorical.
I know I always say 'an historical', I don't ever say 'an hairy nosed wombat' though.
Yeah, I was just being stupid :)Quote:
Originally posted by Maelgrim
Actually, That's 'High Style', a much later anachronism.
Definitely. Anyone who wants to show off his grammer, speling, or vocubulary will invariably make some gratuitous grammar/spelling/vocabulary error - and will seldom notice it.Quote:
Originally posted by anthson
I think people say "an historic" 'cause they want to sound scholarly and l337z. In the same breath, they can't even get down the difference between historical and historic.
Since this error of mine was posted here, I have been monitoring what I say, and I always SAY "an historic" to the point where I can't even MAKE myself say "a historic" unless I put a big pause between the two words.Quote:
Originally posted by Malacasta
I wonder if the reason people say 'an historical', is because there is the word ahistorical.
I know I always say 'an historical', I don't ever say 'an hairy nosed wombat' though.
(I don't think it's an error.)Quote:
Originally posted by Graeblyn
Since this error of mine was posted here, I have been monitoring what I say, and I always SAY "an historic" to the point where I can't even MAKE myself say "a historic" unless I put a big pause between the two words.
Habits are like that. There's a lot of words that I consciously started pronouncing in a way different from that in which my family pronounces it, and now I automatically say it in the way I have started to. (Mostly the changes have been to improve clarity of speech, which means that my speaking style is now a bit more clipped, you might say upper-class, than my family's. I'll pronounce the 't' in 'often', although that's more influenced by Pirates of Penzance than anything else.) It's possible to change habits; you have to do so very deliberately, and could slip back into the old way, but once the habit has been "rewritten" in your mind, it takes conscious effort to revert.