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Thanks for the link.

I didn't knew why I always used 'an hour' instead of 'a hour' but that's what I was taught. The link explains a lot.

People keep correcting me for typing 'an hour' instead of 'a hour'.

Only if it is literally pronounced as 'istoric. AFAIK there are no accents that do that other than maybe a few northern areas of the UK.

http://grammarpartyblog.com/2011/01/10/an-historical-event-i...

So it seems when writing in English for a French audience that using more often "an" would lend "an helping hand" to understanding (by supporting the internal voice)

Most people, including Americans, pronounce historic as historic, not 'istoric.

Northern UK here. "An' istoric" is very common in informal speech, even in the south but more so in these parts, but I wouldn't expect to see it written that way.