Yup, that's correct. It doesn't matter that it begins with a vowel, what matters is if it sounds like a vowel. Likewise, "an university" and "a hour" are both incorrect.
TSA still won't let them through, but the airlines will be more than happy to sell you a small tool kit containing a 6oz ball peen hammer, pop rivet gun, an assortment of rivets, flat & Philips #2 screwdrivers, and a 3m roll of duct tape. They'll be available on the service card for $28 (please make sure you have the latest version of our app, and have a credit card on file!)
Also, they'll be passing along a new Enhanced Egress cabin fee for upgraded deplaning experience.
20 Comments
Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 76 pts · 2y
The fun thing about web pages is that you can share an url instead of taking a screenshot:
https://theshovel.com.au/2024/01/16/screwdrivers-now-permitted-on-boeing-flights-to-allow-passengers-to-help-with-maintenance/
tautalas@lemmy.world · 52 pts · 2y
Blame me, and others like me. I wouldn't click
Safipok@lemmy.ml · 16 pts · 2y
True. But, you can do both
rcbrk@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 2y
What'd be cool is if when you enter a URL the lemmy interface lets the poster choose an image or even cropped region from the linked page.
InputZero@lemmy.ml · -2 pts · 2y
I know an url is grammatically correct, but for whatever reason it doesn't sound right.
tostiman@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 2y
Is it? I would think it's 'a', not 'an' because it's "a you-are-el" (English is not my native language).
Nelots@lemm.ee · 14 pts · 2y
Yup, that's correct. It doesn't matter that it begins with a vowel, what matters is if it sounds like a vowel. Likewise, "an university" and "a hour" are both incorrect.
joranvar@feddit.nl · 7 pts · 2y
This is still salvageable by pronouncing it as "an earl".
Nelots@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 2y
Well, I'm sure at least some person out there pronounces it that way, but I've certainly never met one!
mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 2y
Try with Europe. Its a European not an European
theonyltruemupf@feddit.de · 33 pts · 2y
I hate, hate hate that english news headlines don't write "and". It's barely longer than a fucking comma, what's the point?
EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 2y
Also When They Capitalize Every God Damn Word Like This!
BetterDev@programming.dev · 4 pts · 2y
Isn't that.. Just like... How you write titles and names?
I think it would look wrong if the title didn't use title casing.
Nelots@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
i vOTE tHAT iF wE wANT tO gET pEOPLE'S aTTENTION wE sHOULD wRITE hEADLINES lIKE tHIS iNSTEAD
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
search engine ellipsis
Retrograde@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
solidgrue@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
TSA still won't let them through, but the airlines will be more than happy to sell you a small tool kit containing a 6oz ball peen hammer, pop rivet gun, an assortment of rivets, flat & Philips #2 screwdrivers, and a 3m roll of duct tape. They'll be available on the service card for $28 (please make sure you have the latest version of our app, and have a credit card on file!)
Also, they'll be passing along a new Enhanced Egress cabin fee for upgraded deplaning experience.
Hjalamanger@feddit.nu · 12 pts · 2y
Could I also bring THE SHOVEL?
rotopenguin@infosec.pub · 6 pts · 2y
Torque wrenches are still banned, of course. You could really bean somebody with one of those.
PMFL@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Top, sad but so well put! 🤣
CEbbinghaus@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
This had me crying. Boing is going to hell in a hand basket. The rate at which troubles with Boing planes are appearing is alarming
LunarVoyager@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y