When I read it I said "A Hdmi" as "An Hdmi" just doesnt sound right too me.
Then again my english is terrible
Well it's good that you admit that
A HDMI or An HDMI cable?
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Well it's good that you admit that
Well it's good that you admit that
no point hiding the truth
My linguistic skills are just not good enough
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I'd say "A HDMI cable" because "An HDMI cable" sounds messed up IMO
saying i have An HDMI cable, or i used AN HDMI cable doesn't sound right, but i used A HDMI cable does.
I'd say "A HDMI cable" because "An HDMI cable" sounds messed up IMO
Then again, I say H as "haych" not the other way.
Which is why it will sound odd, I say "H" as aitch so a aitch dee em eye sounds wrong to me.
No, it sounds completely wrong, assuming you can pronounce H correctly.
Again, only if you cannot say "H" properly.
With the abbreviation expanded "an" is wrong, you wouldn't say "an High Definition Multimedia Interface", it would be "a High Definition Multimedia Interface". For this reason, "a" feels more correct to me. I know I wouldn't ask a shop keeper for an HDMI lead, I'd ask for a HDMI lead!
That said, I would say "an LCD" as opposed to "a LCD", as that is awkward to make clear when spoken, but again with the abbreviation expanded an is incorrect.
That said, I would say "an LCD" as opposed to "a LCD", as that is awkward to make clear when spoken, but again with the abbreviation expanded an is incorrect.
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English was standardised at least two centuries ago, but some people just can't be told.
"An High Definition Multimedia Interface" would certainly be wrong. "A HDMI cable" is also wrong.
"An HDMI cable" is right.
"An High Definition Multimedia Interface" would certainly be wrong. "A HDMI cable" is also wrong.
"An HDMI cable" is right.
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I think when spoken, a HDMI sounds more logical, perhaps not when written. This is because most people don't tend to say "ay" rather they say more like "uh" for the a. Having spoke to many customers I have found this is generally the case.
Just because people do it, doesn't make it right. They, and you, are wrong.
Oh, and "having SPOKEN to many customers..."
And yet, somehow, every year the percentage with passing grades increases...
Unfortunately these very basic "phonetics" are picked up or taught at such an early age that there's little one can do when they're older improve their own speech.
I know "haych" is wrong. I remember being told it was wrong when I was like 10. But even by then it was too late to correct.
How do you pronounce the letter "H" because the only way I can think of "A HDMI" cable sounding correct is if you say "haitch"?
Same here. I pronounce HDMI as Haych Dee Em Eye rather than Aych
Doesn't bother me that it isn't technically correct.
You mean only if you take the English language totally out of its context as a tool for communication and assume that regional interpretations of it are inherently wrong as they do not abide by your rules.
I would write "an HDMI cable", however I would say "a haych-dee-em-eye cable" because of the way most of us speak down here.
Written language should abide by the rules. Speech much less so.
Well actually no. Given that both dialect and accent are deviations on received pronunciation, they are, by definition wrong.