which is grammatically correct;
an HUD
or
a HUD?
a
A.
An is only used when the next word begins with a vowel.
A HUD.
"An" is only used when the word following begins with a vowel. A, E, I ,O, U
A HUD
"An" only goes before words that start with vowels. This rule also applies to acronyms.
>>323063360
an hour
an honour
>>323063235
What the fuck? I recognize that from somewhere, something about keeping books clean.
>>323063443
English is known for being inconsistent, but it js true as a general rule.
>>323063235
You only use "an" in conjunction with an H if it's alone.
People usually pronounce HUD as a word rather than an acronym so you would probably say "a HUD"
>>323063235
A.
An is only used when the following word starts with vowel sound. For example, An Hour. Or, An SNES (Pronounced Ess En Eee Ess)
>>323063528
>>323063443
it's based on pronunciation you dumb fucks
>>323063235
>an heads
doesn't work
>>323063443
Silent H pal
a HUD if you sound out /hud/
an HUD if you spell out h-u-d
Consonant sound = 'a'
Why is this so hard?
>>323063738
Because the internet has ruined humanity.
neither, "the" HUD because you only have one Heads-Up-Display
>>323063738
Common core English ruined the children.
>>323063235
nigga do you speak english??? fucking an HUD lmao
The HUD
>>323063829
Fuck you, Layton.
>>323063443
I don't see why you Brits/Canucks insist on keeping that extra "u." It looks like it'd make the word pronounced "hon-ower."
>>323063494
it was just something i grabbed from google, so i dont know.
>>323063571
thanks
>talking to someone
>they say 'an historic'
>>323063829
what if you're referring to more than one hud retard?
>>323063829
But that's retarded.
If I have a HUD, and my friend Jimmy has a HUD, you dont say The HUD.
>pronouncing GUI as gooey
>>323063235
you only use "an" when it predicates a vowel you fucking idiot
>>323064006
>lets omit letters because we're lazy fat americans and its a waste of our fat american breath to pronounce that extra 'u' better yet lets ommit all letters so we dont have to use our mouth muscles to communicate
>>323063738
This. It's all about pronunciation ie an Xbox, since its like ecks-box
>>323063235
An H-U-D.
A HUD.
A heads-up-display.
Even I know this shit and I'm not a native speaker.
>>323064390
At least we don't spell color like "colour"
That makes it sound like "cul our"
>>323064445
This is the most well put answer
>>323064231
Because that's correct........?
>>323064390
But it's not pronounced any differently, the u is just there. At least it's not as bad as when Brits call aluminum "al-you-mee-num."
>>323064694
Color looks like it would be pronounced Coll-Or.
Not every word in the English language can be pronounced how it's spelled. Other wise it would be culler.
>>323064445
well i dont say "h" as in "aich", i say it is as "haitch", so i was wondering what others said it as. now i realize that i just have a complicated way of saying HUD.
>>323064390
Except for the fact that you don't pronounce the U in UK spellings, they're completely useless.
>>323064390
>brits complain about american english
>american english is more faithful to older variations
It's actually the UK that bastardized English and they don't even know it.
>>323064864
>>323065393
>Wut are silent letters
>>323064962
>Al-loom-in-um is better?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQJ5_-8oEAU&ab_channel=ifeelverygood
>>323063235
le HUD
>>323064390
Colour
Honour
Flour
Dour
can we all just agree that korean is the best language?
>enter this thread
>Britbongs talking shit with Americucks about language
Brits are Old English.
>>323066221
Doesn't even sound like a word.
>>323065839
American english>Britbong english
Britbong measurement system>American measurement system
It sucks but it's true. If only we could have the best of both worlds.
>>323064231
>not pronouncing it goo-eh-ee
我就希望咱们不做这个
>>323068139
Metric is okay in most cases. I don't like their lacking a foot equivalent. People get hung up in the raw logic argument and forget that intuitive relatability is a valid factor as well.
Also, you will never sell Celsius to me. Not when 100“ isn't even water's boiling point as advertised. Both are arbitrary numbers attached to temperature, but Farenheit has greater fidelity concerning the range humans comfortably feel.
>>323063443
Silent H makes it the exception to the rule
>>323063596
It's weird; I spell-out NES (enn eee ess) but pronounce SNES phonetically (sness)
So for me it's an NES and a SNES.
>>323064390
>pronounce that extra 'u'
I don't think it changes the pronunciation at all actually.
It's there for literally no phonetic reason.
It's as retarded as the K in knife.
This argument has come into existence roughly 1 hour ago and people are already vehemently taking sides and defending it.
God bless America.
>>323069502
Celsius is pretty retarded.
>b-but muh logic
>implying a condensed scale is ever good
Fahrenheit has greater specificity, which you need to use decimals to reach in Celsius.
Nobody wants to say "it's 20.456 degrees today"
>>323069502
>Farenheit has greater fidelity concerning the range humans comfortably feel.
Absolutely. American engineer so I was taught and practiced to use any system of units interchangeably. Fahrenheit and MPH make way more sense in everyday usage than their metric equivalents. People get hooked up on the dumb shit that only one way is the correct way. In work or science, obviously keep them all to one system if possible but that's not always the case.
>>323063235
Why don't you ask your 3rd grade English teacher tomorrow before class starts?
>>323063235
The HUD
>>323063235
An eich you dee
OR
A hudd
Depends on how it is pronounced, not how it is spelled. A similar example would be "a UI/a User Interface" because it's also against the grammatical rule, but the U sounds more like a hard Y.
>an head
You tell me
>>323068139
Metric system is for science and clearly superior for that purpose
Imperial system is for everyday use, but that's probably because I was just born with imperial
>>323063235
An ech eue Dee
A HUD
Depends on if you pronounce the acronym
