Wanderer Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 Wow, if an article was written like this by a man hed be set upon, absolutely disguting story from the Daily Mail, written probably by women who are incontinent and need a pail.They cant even get the headline right in the link.. How-train-husband-like-dog-An-hilarious-book-reveals-really-tight-leash. How to train your husband like a dog! An hilarious book reveals that you really can keep him on a tight leash | Mail Online Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gladstone Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 I'm truly outraged.What's your point about the headline though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer Posted March 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 I'm truly outraged.What's your point about the headline though?Headline in the ling should be 'A hilarious' not 'An hilarious' obviously she was too interested in training her husband like a dog to proofread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 Wow, if an article was written like this by a man hed be set upon, absolutely disguting story from the Daily Mail, written probably by women who are incontinent and need a pail.They cant even get the headline right in the link.. How-train-husband-like-dog-An-hilarious-book-reveals-really-tight-leash. How to train your husband like a dog! An hilarious book reveals that you really can keep him on a tight leash | Mail OnlineYeah, what the fuck was she doing out of the kitchen long enough to write that article eh? Wimmen eh?*Also, an hilarious is grammatically correct.I think this is the point you GTFO and take your FAIL with you. Or something similar.*Not the feelings of the poster, more for the LULz, ken? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gladstone Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 Headline in the ling should be 'A hilarious' not 'An hilarious' obviously she was too interested in training her husband like a dog to proofreadWhere did you learn English? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Stu Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 If a woman treated me like a dog I'd shit on her laundry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 "An hilarious" is absolutely right, just as "an history" is right. The "h" is deemed to be subordinate to the "i", and so the word is treated as if it begins with a vowel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Zero Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 Women mags are a mass of contradictions, I always remember flicking through one of the missus' rags and on one page was an article spouting off how men should be putting in the effort to be in good shape for their good ladies so to develop a Brad Pitt style washboard stomach while 2 pages later it was banging on about how men should love every little lump and bump on a lass without question because every woman should be able to eat as much choccy biccys as they see fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 "An hilarious" is absolutely right, just as "an history" is right. The "h" is deemed to be subordinate to the "i", and so the word is treated as if it begins with a vowel.It was a honest mistake. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 *boom* *boom* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fast Caz Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 Contradictory sexist diatribes huh?!? Kneel before my cock!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer Posted March 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 Where did you learn English?The Scottish education system, it was taught that 'An' should only be used before abbreviations or words beginning in a vowel.It was a honest mistake.that makes it understandable now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gladstone Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 The Scottish education system, it was taught that 'An' should only be used before abbreviations or words beginning in a vowel.Words beginning with 'h' like hour, honest, history, etc etc should all be preceded by "an" rather than "a". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer Posted March 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 Words beginning with 'h' like hour, honest, history, etc etc should all be preceded by "an" rather than "a".Is that because the h never used to be pronounced?Anyone ever watched loose women for more than 5 minutes? you know why they are loose....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 Is that because the h never used to be pronounced?Happarently:AskOxford: Dropping your aitches - an orryble abit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 "An hilarious" is absolutely right, just as "an history" is right. The "h" is deemed to be subordinate to the "i", and so the word is treated as if it begins with a vowel.But for it to be said outloud and sound right, you'd have to be from Northern England, where singular letters tend to go missing. Surely it doesn't need to be put that way written down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Stu Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 Anyone ever watched loose women for more than 5 minutes? you know why they are loose....?'Cos they let Joan Rivers say Russel Crowe is 'fucking shit' on live TV? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 Luckily I learned to speak by watching Thunderbirds, so Parker always kept me right on these things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Chamber Posted March 12, 2010 Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 What a load of shit, men are not dogs. Look at "Doggy style".Men - 1women - 0Patriarchy.Men 2-0 Women Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon Posted March 12, 2010 Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 Sex and the City.Men 3Women 0Kasabian.Woman take a stoppage time lead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Chamber Posted March 12, 2010 Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 Time of the month.Men 4-0 Women Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon Posted March 12, 2010 Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 You are Mike McCurry and I claim my 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted March 12, 2010 Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 do make say think have an album called 'you, you're a history in rust'. it depends on the word, it's not a steadfast rule. you'd say "i'll see you in an hour, i've got to go to a hospital", right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted March 12, 2010 Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 Jesus, God 7-0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon Posted March 13, 2010 Report Share Posted March 13, 2010 you'd say "i'll see you in an hour, i've got to go to a hospital", right?It also has a lot to do with the nature of the "h". The "h" in "hour" is soft, whereas the "h" in "hospital" is clearly not.The OP was endeavouring to score points by pointing out a mistake in a headline that was not a mistake. While we might say "a hilarious", if we're going to get all Grammar Nazi about things (and I do hope we are!) then we are saying it wrong.That's why I do so love our mother tongue. It makes fuck all sense half of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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