Matt Vandart Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 Is it: "a eureka moment" or "an eureka moment" thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 I'd say "a eureka moment", but pronounce the a to rhyme with hay. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 "The sound of a word's first letter determines which to use. If the word starts with a vowel sound, you should use 'an'. If it starts with a consonant sound, you should use 'a'." So it would be 'an eureka moment'. Because you're pronouncing the U first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 (edited) Also it's 'Grammar Nazis' not 'Grammar Nazi's', because it implies something belongs to the Grammar Nazis. Also it's 'I wanna be a trials rider'. That's so annoying! ...Seeing as we're on the subject Edited May 22, 2013 by Revolver 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Dunstan Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 "The sound of a word's first letter determines which to use. If the word starts with a vowel sound, you should use 'an'. If it starts with a consonant sound, you should use 'a'." So it would be 'an eureka moment'. Because you're pronouncing the U first? Sounds like a Y to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 Sounds like a Y to me.Indeed. Eu makes a sounded similar to Y in it's consonant form. Hence "a eureka moment" (pronouncing "a" to rhyme with "hay"). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 I concede. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Dunstan Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 I concede. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialsiain Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 Also it's 'Grammar Nazis' not 'Grammar Nazi's', because it implies something belongs to the Grammar Nazis. Also it's 'I wanna be a trials rider'. That's so annoying! ...Seeing as we're on the subject i just named the title of what the actual video said 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 i just named the title of what the actual video said Yeah, I saw. It's that dude's mistake! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialsiain Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 Yeah, I saw. It's that dude's mistake! i know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1a2bcio8 Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 Also it's 'Grammar Nazis' not 'Grammar Nazi's', I think Matt was being humorous... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 (edited) Both are wrong to me. Eureka is an effect pinpointing a specific time which has been adopted into an adjective. So both should be spoken "he had a moment of eureka." Edited May 22, 2013 by Pashley26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 an effect a ... eureka Long-winded answer is long-winded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Vandart Posted May 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 Bwahahahahahaha! thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 (edited) Basically what JD said. The eureka effect is to do with memory recollection and the problem solving the brain does. For those who don't know what it means if I basically said "The haystack was important because the cloth ripped." Your brain would try to fill in the missing word and make sense of the sentence. After letting your brain exhaust all options if I introduced the key word "parachute" then your brain would recollect the sentence much more readily due to the fulfilment of the problem solving. It is the presentation of the missing item/attribute/context which allows the brain to acknowledge the answers/solution/whatever. How that comes into a sentence within the context it is used I don't know, the Aha! Effect much better fits the bill I think. Edited May 22, 2013 by Pashley26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeperson45 Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 Basically what JD For those who don't know what it means if I basically said "The haystack was important because the cloth ripped." Your brain would try to fill in the missing word and make sense of the sentence. After letting your brain exhaust all options if I introduced the key word "parachute" then your brain would recollect the sentence much more readily due to the fulfilment of the problem solving. I want to know how many people actually knew parachute was the missing word there or if my brain just rejects parachutes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aener Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 I want to know how many people actually knew parachute was the missing word there or if my brain just rejects parachutes. Mine too. I assumed it was "The needle in the haystack was important..." It bugs me when reading American people's writing talking about "an herb", 'cause over here we actually say the "h". It just looks really wrong. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamilyBiker Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 (edited) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_%28word%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_effect seeing as the original pronouncement is heureka it should be an "a"... ...not a "an" lol Edited May 22, 2013 by FamilyBiker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 Somebody end my life please. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Vandart Posted May 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 I think it already has if you are reading this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamilyBiker Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 (edited) I think it already has if you are reading this. i love this forum guys! almost spit my coke over my laptops keyboard reading this topic again :bow: Edited May 22, 2013 by FamilyBiker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aener Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 Ease off.Grammar is as important to a literary enthusiast as geometry is to a cycling enthusiast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 I don't get why some people who only know one language, that they have known all their lives, can't even use it properly. Before anyone says dyslexia, that's true but plenty of people also get misdiagnosed because of various reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bing Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 Somebody end my life please. What method of death does one prefer? Bloody? Painless? Quiet? All can be arranged Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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