Which one is correct: a r-uniform hypergraph or an r-uniform hypergrah?
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3The rule is to go by the consonant sound, not the consonant itself. – Aug 21 '20 at 16:21
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So, you agree with "an r-uniform hypergraph"? Am I right? When I search both of these statements in Google for the first one there are around 2000 results and for the second one around 9000 results. So, probably those 2000 persons were wrong? – 123... Aug 21 '20 at 16:27
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3In all likelihood they are wrong. – Aug 21 '20 at 16:31
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4You don't need to search for it on Google. All you need is say it aloud, once. – RegDwigнt Aug 21 '20 at 17:14
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@RegDwigнt That's not strictly true, especially not for somebody who isn't a native speaker. If you pronounce a as ā, it's not awkward per se to follow it with a vowel sound, it's only awkward for those used to not doing so. But if you pronounce it as ə, then it will be awkward, even if you're not used to avoiding a vowel sound after it. After all, saying A.R. Uniform is no big deal, but saying Uh R. Uniform is difficult. – Jason Bassford Aug 21 '20 at 17:25
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@JasonBassford If someone is using a mid-tone ◌̄ there for their front open unrounded vowel /a/ phoneme to produce your putative [ā] with the indicated pitch, then those people with have just as much trouble saying that correctly without the mandatory sandhi effect as anyone would who does not think in phonemic tones the way for example speakers of Mandarin do. – tchrist Aug 21 '20 at 18:37