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 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.