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Sunday, May 1, 2022

A versus An

Christianity, once again, at the heart of a civilizational battle - this time among Christians themselves. - The Cradle

Clash of Christianities: Why Europe cannot understand Russia by Pepe Escobar opens with this:

Under an ubiquitous, toxic atmosphere of cognitive dissonance drenched in Russophobia, it’s absolutely impossible to have a meaningful discussion on finer points of Russian history and culture across the NATO space – a phenomenon I’m experiencing back in Paris right now, fresh from a long stint in Istanbul.

And I am immediately derailed by the "an" in front of "ubiquitous". Shouldn't that be an "a" instead of an "an"? I did some checking and it kind of depends on how you pronounce ubiquitous.  If you pronounce it oo-bik-wit-us, then the "an" is correct, but if you pronounce it like right thinking stalwarts of Western Civilization, you pronounce it you-bik-wit-us, and you should use "a".

Pepe has appeared here before.


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