I have an idea for a new thread...

[Patchelicious]

Gawddamn, instant karma is a beautiful thing. 

And a good example of misdirected anger.... 

[Robbie Stewart]

the air show is coming soon !

 

When, Where, ???

[Lurch the stalker]

Jeremy Clarkson also did a doccie on the F15. Doesn't matter if you like him or not, I like that program.  They took him for a flip in a F15.  Jeremy was as sick as a dog as het got out of it and could barely walk.

 

[Bateleur1]

 

Yip saw that one.

[Robbie Stewart]

 

[Shebeen]

so rode in town yesterday. past the KPMG Place building. They potentially have changed the name, as they have put duct tape over the poster where the name used to be. Or am Iooking for a conspiracy theory

 

[Bateleur1]

so rode in town yesterday. past the KPMG Place building. They potentially have changed the name, as they have put duct tape over the poster where the name used to be. Or am Iooking for a conspiracy theory

 

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Fire prevention 

[Eddy Gordo]

Jeremy Clarkson also did a doccie on the F15. Doesn't matter if you like him or not, I like that program.  They took him for a flip in a F15.  Jeremy was as sick as a dog as het got out of it and could barely walk.

 

I wouldnt mind going up in any fighter jet. I challenge the pilot to try and make me puke. When I get out I will have a huge grin( well at least I believe I will have a grin). 

[Akon]

An F15E Strike Eagle to be even more exact

[Bateleur1]

 

I did not realise F is a vowel? An comes before a vowel doesn't it?

[mon-goose]

I did not realise F is a vowel? An comes before a vowel doesn't it?

that would be correct bateleur

[jimmycool]

I did not realise F is a vowel? An comes before a vowel doesn't it?

But you say it "ef" so it sounds right to say "an" before it.

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

that would be correct bateleur

 

 

I did not realise F is a vowel? An comes before a vowel doesn't it?

Nope, you're both wrong

 

The real rule is as such:

 

The rule states that “a” should be used before words that begin with consonants (e.g., b, c ,d) while “an” should be used before words that begin with vowels (e.g., a,e,i). Notice, however, that the usage is determined by the pronunciation and not by the spelling, as many people wrongly assume.

 

For example:

 

AN hour (o sound), A hotel (Hard H)

 

A unique (y sound), AN underpass (hard U)

 

Another example which is particularly pertinent: In American English, Herb is pronounced with a soft H, or as we would say "erb". Therefore teh correct grammar would be AN herb (an 'erb)

 

In English english, Herb is pronounced with a hard H, therefore A herb. 

Edited November 9, 2017 by Myles Mayhew

[jimmycool]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AUubFZs988

I watched this IMAX doccie. It is EPIC on a grand scale.

What I would give to just one time be in the rear seat of an F-15E as it blasts down the runway, takes off at full afterburners on those two monster jet engines, and get rocketed at breakneck speed straight up to 55000m, touching the fringes of space. All this in about the same time it took me to type all this, and click Post...(well, not quite, but darn near enough)

Iirc the F15 was the first airplane to have a power-to-weight ratio greater than 1:1 enabling it to accelerate in a vertical climb, straight up.

[Shebeen]

Nope, you're both wrong

 

The real rule is as such:

 

The rule states that “a” should be used before words that begin with consonants (e.g., b, c ,d) while “an” should be used before words that begin with vowels (e.g., a,e,i). Notice, however, that the usage is determined by the pronunciation and not by the spelling, as many people wrongly assume. ps. i put a red herring grammer trap in it below

 

For example:

 

AN hour (o sound), A hotel (Hard H)

 

A unique (y sound), AN underpass (hard U)

 

Another example which is particularly pertinent: In American English, Herb is pronounced with a soft H, or as we would say "erb". Therefore teh correct grammar would be AN herb (an 'erb)

 

In English english, Herb is pronounced with a hard H, therefore A herb. 

 

A grammer nazi

An effing grammer nazi

[Bateleur1]

Nope, you're both wrong

 

The real rule is as such:

 

The rule states that “a” should be used before words that begin with consonants (e.g., b, c ,d) while “an” should be used before words that begin with vowels (e.g., a,e,i). Notice, however, that the usage is determined by the pronunciation and not by the spelling, as many people wrongly assume.

 

For example:

 

AN hour (o sound), A hotel (Hard H)

 

A unique (y sound), AN underpass (hard U)

 

Another example which is particularly pertinent: In American English, Herb is pronounced with a soft H, or as we would say "erb". Therefore teh correct grammar would be AN herb (an 'erb)

 

In English english, Herb is pronounced with a hard H, therefore A herb. 

 

In this instance we are talking of an F.  Is there a soft F somewhere?  The sentence started "A F15".  Fully agree on the spoken language and not the spelling.