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Not “an” historian

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Hard to believe this is still an issue, as the U.S. of an before a hard h is antiquated. See here [1] and here [2] 121.98.207.250 (talk) 12:46, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This article doesn't use U.S. English. In British English a non-hard h pronunciation remains valid, and so the use of an remains valid. Nikkimaria (talk) 14:19, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Please indicate where it is confirmed that this article does not use U.S. English. And please indicate where in British English that non-hard h is preferred. 222.155.184.19 (talk) 10:41, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Nikkimaria: There is the {{use American English|date=March 2015}} at the beginning of the wikitext (4th line). Peaceray (talk) 14:32, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hm, okay, thanks, hadn't seen that. I don't think that's correct but I suppose that's a broader conversation. Nikkimaria (talk) 00:30, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sand Bar Theory

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I read years ago that a captain, during modern times, was sailing his yacht very close to the route of the Mary Celeste. As he was going along his ship became stuck on a sandbar at some point I believe near, North Africa. As he waited for the tide to rise and or for the sand to shift from currents and waves he began to realize, as the ship broke free, that his very thing could have happened to the Mary Celeste. He reasoned that the captain and crew of the Mary Celeste figured that the boat would stay and after a while made preparation is to go ashore in the ship's boat and turned around to find that the Mary Celeste had drifted away. This area of North Africa was pretty hostile desert territory, from what I remember reading, which might explain why the crew and passengers were never heard from again. KrisCollino (talk) 05:22, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nice speculation, but without citations that is what we call original research, which is disallowed in English Wikipedia. Peaceray (talk) 06:20, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hicks?

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The author Hicks is introduced out of a blue sky midway through the article. (Presumably there was once a proper first mention, that was lost in a later edit.). I don't have time to fix just now, but perhaps someone else can. —scs (talk) 17:52, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi - I've added Hicks' book back into the text & the references. Blackballnz (talk) 23:52, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dishevelled or disheveled?

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Is this a spelling error or a regional spelling variation? --Guy Macon Alternate Account (talk) 23:06, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The latter. Nikkimaria (talk) 05:35, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]