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The grammar in this article was recently changed from "a hallucination" to "an hallucination". However, whether it is "a" or "an" depends on dialect - here in Australia, it is definitely "a hallucination", and "a hallucination" is the more common way to write it worldwide. Now, since this wiki is in British English, if someone can find proof that British dialects use "an hallucination", then it should stay that way. Otherwise, I think we should use the more common way of writing it. 1.129.108.252talk to me 23:51, May 6, 2019 (UTC)

In a quick, not necessarily representative search, the Oxford English Dictionary website consistently uses "a hallucination" in its example sentences, and it would certainly seem as though at least RP English pronounces the H at the start.
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That said, I'm seeing examples of both in television transcripts. When I’m at a computer, I can likely do a much wider search of DWU fiction at my disposal.
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