I, too, think, an hotel is "correct" grammar. I have very, very vague memories of the explanation why. I think it comes from the French who do not pronounce the "h". it's l'hotel isn't it? (Question for our French members). French was the language of society in this country for a long time. The French influence is why we have pork, mutton and beef. The animals changed their names from pig, sheep and cow into le porc, le mouton and le boef when they crossed the threshold of french speaking homes. (My French is very rusty, so please pardon me if I've got the spellings wrong.) This is all a bit confused because my memory is not what it used to be (and that wasn't very good at the best of times) but I am pretty sure it is the French influence as far as saying "an hotel" is concerned. I've never had reason to refer to Hispanic anything but while I think I would say "a Hispanic" "an Hispanic" doesn't sound wrong either. Take your pick, Tamara.
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