Helmet Poll/Thread

[John the Monkey]

The question no one has asked, in all the various threads is...

 

[Crackle]

I think you could get away with either but personally, a helmet, an umbrella, a hat.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Can we have an option for 'a cotton cap' please?

 

[snorri]

I think the order in which the questions have been asked will not give an answer truly representative of public opinion.

 

[danphoto]

What does "WTF" mean?

 

[youngoldbloke]

An 'elmet, or A helmet, obviously.

 

[tyred]

An helmet is probably technically correct but in modern day English usage, a helmet is probably normal.

Personally, I prefer to call them a "pointless waste of time" (polite version)

 

[Bicycle]

OMG!!

I can't believe it!!

Another thread about indefinite articles!

My friend Carlos wouldn't even be here now if he hadn't used the correct indefinite article after a nasty fall while descending.

The third option you offer is so wrong, I don't even know where to start.

How anyone can disagree with me I just do not know!

Can't you hear how loudly I'm hitting these keys?

 

[Fab Foodie]

OMG!!


My friend Carlos wouldn't even be here now if he hadn't used the correct indefinite article after a nasty fall while descending.

 

[yello]

An 'elmet, or A helmet, obviously.

Yep, that's my take on it too. Do you wear it on 'yured' or 'your head'... or on ya bonce... or not at all?

 

[david k]

up north we use neither an or a , its simply' put thelmet on'

 

[ohnovino]

There's no right or wrong answer: whichever you use is down to personal choice

 

[david k]

There's no right or wrong answer: whichever you use is down to personal choice

its not as simple as that as the science is sketchy at best.you cannot make a decision on a whim but must consider arguments for and against, IMHO

 

[RoyPSB]

A helmet.

I always wonder why it is 'an hotel'.

Just doesn't sound right to me.

 

[Hydra]

From Wikipedia:

The form "an" is always prescribed before words beginning with a silent h, such as "honorable", "heir", "hour", and, in American English, "herb". Some British dialects (for example,Cockney) silence all initial h's (h-dropping) and so employ "an" all the time: e.g., "an 'elmet".

It depends for me. Sometimes I'm wearing an 'elmet, sometimes I'm wearing a helmet.

It depends how lazy/drunk I am at the time