Grammar police I need your help please [title edited by MNHQ at OP's request]

[CareBear50]

First world problem I know, but this conundrum is driving me slightly batty. Is it "a Hawaiian" pizza or "an Hawaiian pizza"??

I understand that if a noun or adjective starts with the letter h , if the h is silent eg heirloom, you would say an heirloom. However, if it's a hard h sound then you would say eg a hairline fracture.

However a Hawaiian pizza is harder to say than an Hawaiian pizza....so which is correct please??

A Hawaiian surely?

Should be an before H, but it’s not a commonly followed rule.

I'd just go for a Margherita....

I though in writing is ‘an’ before all words starting with vowels and the letter H.
Si speaking it would be the same?

So not si

@panicstationsready 😂😂😂

It was for the purposes of a joke

I cooked an Hawaiian pizza the other night. I'm a silly cow cos i burnt it to a crisp. I should have used ALOHA temperature 😂😂😂

The casual use of ‘nazi’ in your thread title is unnecessary and really offensive. I’ve reported it and asked for the thread to be removed

I am always having the same problem. I often see for instance an historic building”. I pronounce the h in historic, so why put an before it instead of just a^ ?

@Branster no.....it depends if the h sounds like a vowel or a consonant

An before an h word is a bit archaic, and unnecessary if you aspirate the h. You could solve the problem by eschewing the abomination that is pizza with pineapple on it. 😁

Your title is incredibly insensitive... no make that offensive.

Hodgeheg3 I genuinely hope you are either joking or drunk. Which one is it? Or member of Stasi?

No idea but I just love the fact that 'Hawaiian' has four consecutive vowels in it.

Really? Grammar nazis?

Horrible phrase.

Far more offensive than any mispronounced pizza.

I cooked an Hawaiian pizza the other night. I'm a silly cow cos i burnt it to a crisp. I should have used ALOHA temperature

I always knew coming on here would be worth it one day.

I would say "a Hawaiian pizza", but I would say "an historic day". But I would say "a history book". I would say "an horrendous accident". So I seem to vary depending on the word. No help whatsoever!

The casual use of ‘nazi’ in your thread title is unnecessary and really offensive. I’ve reported it and asked for the thread to be removed

I kind of agree, but the OP does get a mark for using a capital 'N'.

"‘an’ before all words starting with vowels and the letter H"

Really? So, "an hat"?

Should be an before H, but it’s not a commonly followed rule.
That's because it's not the rule! You use "an" before a vowel or vowel sound (heir, hour etc). So a Hawaiian pizza is fine.

"‘an’ before all words starting with vowels and the letter H"

"An Hot Pizza"?

A Hawaiian. The H is hard.

@LeNil
Should be an before H, but it’s not a commonly followed rule

Not quite right. This rule only applies when the h is silent. So for example this rule would be applied with the word 'honest', because the h isn't pronounced. However, we wouldn't say 'an hotel'.

If the H sounds like a vowel (hour, heir as examples) you should use 'an'. If it sounds like a "huh" ( as in Hawaiian, hotel, hat) you'd use 'a'.

I'm a pedant but definitely not a Nazi.

Ok just ask for a pineapple and ham pizza.

@bossassbitch

Re your point about a hotel. You might hear some older people saying an hotel. This is because it's a carry over from French where the h iin hotel is silent. I love grammar facts or interesting background stories lol

The casual use of ‘nazi’ in your thread title is unnecessary and really offensive. I’ve reported it and asked for the thread to be removed

I hope they tell you to get a life. No one has the right to go thru life without being offended, and just because you're offended doesn't make you right.