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[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

It's from the 1950s or 60s. Maybe it was British made, or could be whoever wrote the ad copy used the British convention of "an" before words starting with "h".

[-] Psythik@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago

Interesting. I never heard of that before.

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

It's somewhat archaic or pretentious now, but I still hear things like "an hotel" on Brit TV from say the 90s.

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