[Haskell-cafe] Re: how to write an haskell binding

[Brian Hulley]

Jeremy Shaw wrote:
> 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?

Thanks - I'd not thought of that one!

>Also, until recently, herb and humble?

I think these depend on one's dialect. I'd never think of saying "an herb" 
but of course many people would.

>
> 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'.

This is what I meant by the evil spellchecker writer - I think this is just 
some particular dialect trying to take over the whole language...

Still everyone will be pleased to know that I won't post any more about this 
subject now that the third true silent 'h' has been found :-)

Best regards, Brian.

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