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arrow-up1211external-linkTesla sales plunge in Germanywww.msn.comwasay@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 个月前message-square20fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: buyfromeu@feddit.orgbuyeuropean@feddit.uk
minus-squareJPAKx4linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 个月前Completely off topic, but why does “an European” sound wrong? Like I’ve always said “an American” but never “an United States citizen” and it just doesn’t sound right.
minus-squareMelchior@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 个月前European is pronounced with a Y sound at the start of the word. Hence no “an”
minus-squareLichtblitz@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-21 个月前In short: it’s not the letter, it’s the first sound that dictates “a” vs “an”. Example: a uniform an underling
minus-squareTiptopit@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 个月前Because it is wrong. Same thing as with ‘a uniform’.
Completely off topic, but why does “an European” sound wrong? Like I’ve always said “an American” but never “an United States citizen” and it just doesn’t sound right.
European is pronounced with a Y sound at the start of the word. Hence no “an”
In short: it’s not the letter, it’s the first sound that dictates “a” vs “an”.
Example:
a uniform
an underling
Because it is wrong. Same thing as with ‘a uniform’.