Name your child after a(n) hotel

Paris Hilton? Who is this? Why would anyone name their child or themself after a hotel? I think I'll change my name to Grosvenour Squre.

 

i just don't know how to react. paris hilton is a grand daughter (i think) of of the founder of the hilton hotel chain

 

chelsea clinton was named after the hotell .....thats where hillary had a torrid dalliance with the poiolboy

 

wow...

 

what about hilton ruize

 

You ass

 

Bangkok Hilton

 

"a(n) hotel"


(n) <-----WTF is that for

 

I believe that it's proper grammer to use "an" before an "H" yet not everyone does so, and the OP, evidently confused over the matter, was trying to play it safe by using "a(n)".

 

nope i think it's just an "a"

 

You're kiddin' right? No? Just die already

 

You are supposed to put "an" before a word starting with an H. Read more literature, people.

 

yeah , you use an "an" before the letter "H", but not if it starts a word like horse, hyperbole, or hornytoad. you use an "an" as an article to precede words that start with a vowel sound. you pronounce "H" like "aache", therefore you use an "an", on the word, horse, the word starts with the "huh" sound, so you use an "a" to precede the word.

 

Yeah! ... What she said, boy howdy!

 

okay, so do you say that the cowboy rode "an" horse??

that makes no sense.

 

Umm, the hotel chain is named after the Hilton family's last name. Paris inherited the name from her parents, not the hotel.

if your dad's name was "John Smith" and he decided to start a business and call it "Smith's".....when you were born you'd get your dad's last name, but that doesn't mean you're named after the business he started.

Either I totally didn't understand the point of this thread, or it's just completely retarded.

 

for some reason.....i enjoy seeing an explanation of proper use of the english language in the forums....especially in this forum.....

 

Answer number B

 

You use "an" before hour.....but hour sounds like it starts with a vowel. You only use "an" with H if it sounds like a vowel, as in honor, or hour like I said. You don't use it for words that begin with the "huh" sound.

You could say, "it is AN honor..." or "We have AN hour until..." but you wouldn't say "I rode AN horse..."

That's just stupid.

 

And if we don't stop this stupid hyperbole someone is going to become a(n) eunuch !