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LETTER : French sound

Tony Bremner
Friday 19 April 1996 23:02 BST
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Sir: It is only the French-derived words which drop the "h" : "an `otel"; "an `istorical novel" (letter, 18 April). The purpose is to facilitate pronunciation, as with the "n" in "an egg".

Tony Bremner

London N3

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