On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 06:56:04 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 11/16/2018 6:37 AM, John H. wrote:
On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 05:05:41 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

wrote:
On Thu, 15 Nov 2018 16:06:16 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 11/15/2018 2:50 PM, John H. wrote:
On Thu, 15 Nov 2018 14:00:55 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:


On Thu, 15 Nov 2018 12:34:40 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote:



Well, my recollection was that the Group 34 AGM seemed to weigh about
50% more than the last "old style" Group 34 battery I replaced in an SUV.

Ahem. A "S" doesn't sound like a vowel.

:-)

Ahem. Always use 'an' for words which sound like they start with a
vowel, and always use 'a' for
words which sound like they start with a consonant.



I had to look it up. I always knew about an "a" before a consonant (did
that right!) and an "an" before before a vowel. (did that right too!)

But I never knew about the official rules about "sounding" like a vowel
or a consonant.

Musta skipped class that day.


So you could buy -a- SUV, eh? I bought
-an- SUV.

It took me an half a hour to figure out what you were arguing about
;-)


Why do they call them a Sport Utility Vehicle? Most are just station
wagons.


Because soccer moms like the 'impression' given by an SUV versus a mini-van.


So, do you go to "an" soccer game or "a" soccer game?

"Essoccer" sure sounds like "EssUV" :-)


It all gets back to that singular thing. One "Ess" or just a word that
starts with "S".
As I pointed out with my "an half a hour" it is really what it sounds
like when you say it. Ain't English great?

At least we don't assign words gender like the romance languages.

Hell we can't even define people by gender anymore and they can
romance anyone they want.