Well I'd just put "an". The possibility of losing a bit of emphasis is far less a risk than grammar which makes Aaron want to kill. 
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You'd put the stress on your 'Anti' anyway.
Not too much mind, or you won't get any woolen socks for xmas.
Quote: Aaron @ August 12 2008, 11:11 AM BSTWell I'd just put "an". The possibility of losing a bit of emphasis is far less a risk than grammar which makes Aaron want to kill.
Or I just enhance your grammatical knowledge by correctly writing "a".
Let me enlighten you:
"To add emphasis to a noun, the preceding indefinite article is often pronounced as a long a (just as the definite article would be pronounced as "thee" in such cases), whether or not the schwa, or even "an" would be the appropriate usage."
How much one can learn in one single day!
(Btw: You'd have to kill Lena, not me. She says it.)
That makes no mention of grammar, correct or otherwise. It merely discusses - well, states - common pronounciation.
(But you're the one who's translating it into English, where even if it may be grammatically correct, it certainly doesn't sound it. I can't kill Lena. She's so pretty. Although you may be too, but you have not provided photographic evidence either way, so I can't comment.)
Quote: Aaron @ August 12 2008, 11:32 AM BSTThat makes no mention of grammar, correct or otherwise. It merely discusses - well, states - common pronounciation.
(But you're the one who's translating it into English, where even if it may be grammatically correct, it certainly doesn't sound it. I can't kill Lena. She's so pretty. Although you may be too, but you have not provided photographic evidence either way, so I can't comment.)
Well, common pronounciation is all I need. Also, in a paragraph before that it says, that there pretty much are no strict grammatical rules about the a/an question, because it's so closely linked to pronounciation and thereby dialect/accent.
Lena's so cute in episode 3! Best episode yet.
Once in a hundred scripts I'll italicise a word to indicate emphasis.
Quote: Marc P @ August 12 2008, 11:40 AM BSTOnce in a hundred scripts I'll italicise a word to indicate emphasis.
Subtitling is a bit limited with regard to formatting.
Quote: Finck @ August 12 2008, 11:40 AM BSTLena's so cute in episode 3! Best episode yet.
Quote: Finck @ August 12 2008, 11:42 AM BSTSubtitling is a bit limited with regard to formatting.
Fair Point !
Are you allowed to rewrite the expression to get across the same meaning but using different words?
Quote: Finck @ August 12 2008, 11:43 AM BSTYou won't like what she does, though.
Quote: Marc P @ August 12 2008, 11:45 AM BSTAre you allowed to rewrite the expression to get across the same meaning but using different words?
She's allowed to do whatever she wants, but it wouldn't be quite right.
Well sometimes words don't translate exactly so you have to use another expression to get across the same meaning. For example 'That really gets my goat' has an entirely different, and somewhat unsavoury, meaning in Albania.
Quote: Marc P @ August 12 2008, 11:45 AM BSTAre you allowed to rewrite the expression to get across the same meaning but using different words?
I'd be doomed if I wasn't. (Not that I had to abide by anyone's rules. This is, after all, done for my own amusement.)
I think it should sound natural for an English person. Sometimes I have to change jokes completely, because they just wouldn't work in English. One shouldn't expect to be able to learn German by reading my subtitles (Though one very well might by listening to the spoken language).
Quote: Finck @ August 12 2008, 11:40 AM BSTWell, common pronounciation is all I need. Also, in a paragraph before that it says, that there pretty much are no strict grammatical rules about the a/an question, because it's so closely linked to pronounciation and thereby dialect/accent.
Lena's so cute in episode 3! Best episode yet.
Can't wait!
Quote: Finck @ August 12 2008, 11:20 AM BSTOr I just enhance your grammatical knowledge by correctly writing "a".
Let me enlighten you:
"To add emphasis to a noun, the preceding indefinite article is often pronounced as a long a (just as the definite article would be pronounced as "thee" in such cases), whether or not the schwa, or even "an" would be the appropriate usage."
How much one can learn in one single day!
(Btw: You'd have to kill Lena, not me. She says it.)
Woohoo! Was wot I said. And with 'ardly any English education.
What verb do you use for putting photos into an album?
Paste, stick, glue?