At Tue, 27 Jun 2006 20:36:30 +0100, Brian Hulley wrote: > >>> What about words like 'hour' and 'honest'?
> > Don't forget "honor". > So I'd say these two words are closely related, so the search is still on > for another word with silent 'h' not related to time or integrity. How about heir? Also, until recently, herb and humble? Got those from this page: http://www.askoxford.com/worldofwords/wordfrom/aitches/?view=uk Which also notes that sometimes we still use 'an' even though the 'h' is no longer silent. For example, 'an heroic effort', or 'an historic moment'. j. _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
