http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=user%3aahawnt&o=DateDescendingSearch results for 'user:ahawnt'en-USXMOD (Build: 3614.32638)http://www.englishforums.com/English/AHotelAnHotel/vrb/post.htm#94254Thu, 28 Apr 2005 16:03:38 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:94254ahawntThe use of the article "a" or "an" before "hotel" is influenced by the usage (i.e. whether American or British); however the conjecture that the usage of "a hotel" indicates the British is incorrect. There is a predilection for the phrase "an hotel" in the Queen's English when compared with the American usage (the Queen's English being the monastic form of British English). In using the Queen's English, the "h" is pronounced when the word "hotel" is spoken exclusively, but dropped when speaking the phrase "an hotel" (i.e. "an hotel" is pronounced: an o-tel'). This predilection is not sui generis to the word "hotel:" polysyllabic words beginning with "h" (e.g. "historic" and "hypothesis") are similarly phrased (e.g. "an historic") in the...