Originally Posted by
soon2bfo
Since you brought it up,
From
Purdue OWL: Articles: A versus An
"...The choice of article is actually based upon the phonetic (
sound) quality of the first letter in a word, not on the orthographic (
written) representation of the letter."

Wow, I always wondered about that! Thanks!
Regarding the article, blah. I should've written about my eight leg Brasilia days a couple of years ago.