Hi, digging up an old thread. Here's my version of when to use "an" or "a" before a word. Treats ura*, uga*, uni* as non-vowels. Honest and Hour have silent consonants. Have I missed out anything? Or is there a better way to do this? 
if ( $something =~ /^[aeiou]/i && $something !~ /(un|uga|ura)/i || $so
+mething =~ /hour/i || something =~ /honest/i ) {
        # First letter of $something is a vowel
        $print = "an $something";
} else {
        $print = "a $something";
}

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In reply to Re^2: Get Vowels from sentence by meappy
in thread Get Vowels from sentence by tiny_tim

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