X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f996b,54d2051df7263910 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-02 16:05:20 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: annie_ascii@oal.com Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: One character ascii-art Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2002 00:05:03 -0000 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: References: X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 29 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:15280 On 2002-03-02 claw@lords.com said: >"Johannes 'Joey' R�ssel" skrev: > > > Oh, sorry then. I did't know that. We don't learn much exceptions > > in English lessons. > >That rule has no exceptions that I know of. It just goes by >pronunciation instead of spelling. Since "urinal" is pronounced >"yurinal", it's as much "a urinal" as it is "a yak" or "a >youngster" et cetera. The traditional 'rule' in English is that if a noun begins with a vowel, then 'an' is used as the article, instead of 'a.' But this is not a good rule, because there are too many exceptions. Many English-language computer 'spell checkers' use this rule, and it causes some hilarious results. :) -- Annie Ascii -- budding 15-year-old ASCII artist _____ #### #### ((( `\ Your knowledge of English is totally ## ## ## ## _ _`\ ) / amazing, Joaquim. Your English is ###### ###### (^ ) ) as good as your Swedish! Hehehe! ## ## ## ## ~-((,,,)) ## ## ## ## /