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Hearts for Glass

By David Topping

Yesterday was a(n?) historic day. Sure, some really well-liked guy won prime minister of the States or whatever they call it there, but—more importantly—Alice Glass, half of Crystal Castles (yeah, we know), was named by British music mag NME as the coolest person in the entire world. The mag described her as “a black hole at the centre of 2008, utterly magnetic yet thrillingly inscrutable.” Asked what the coolest thing she owned was, Glass said “slaves.” We only wish we could be so inscrutable. [via Idolator and MuchMusic.]

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  • friend68

    Thank you Grammar Girl:
    “A Historic” versus “An Historic”
    Throughout this podcast so far, I’ve said “a historic” and “a historical.” There are conflicting theories on whether to use “an” or “a” before these words. It’s all a matter of whether you pronounce the “h” sound. One authority, Bill Walsh, feels that Americans incorrectly use “an.” He acknowledges that “some British people pronounce ‘historic’ as ‘istoric,’ and that has led many Americans to believe ‘an historic’ is correct. It is not.” He points out that if you said the words “historic” and “historical” alone, you would hear an “h” sound, so you should say, “a historic” and “a historical” (4). Further, nobody would ever say a song was “an hit.” You’d say the song was “a hit,” and the “hi” sound at the beginning of “hit” is exactly the same as the sound at the beginning of “historic” and “historical.”
    On the other hand, The New Fowler’s Modern English Usage, a traditionally British-leaning style guide, holds an opposing view (3). It recommends that you say, “an historic” and “an historical,” but “a history.” I personally prefer “a historic” and “a historical,” but no matter which way you choose to say these words, you’re going to offend someone.
    So, to sum up, something historic is important, something historical is all in the past, and in my opinion it’s better to say “a historic” instead of “an historic.”

  • spacejack

    Heh, pop-culture media S.O.P.: If we don’t understand it, it must be good!
    But hey that’s cool. Kinda wish I was 20 again so I could go to one of their shows, get fucked up and act all crazy.

  • cmm79

    wow. double wow. if having no talent and merely screaming into a microphone whilst flailing around on stage constitutes one as #1 cool….it is a sad day for sure.

  • Mark Ostler

    This really annoys me, because I’m pretty cool too.