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'''
English articles
'''

from lib import phonetics

accents = ''.join(phonetics.accents)

def choose_art(phonemes):
    '''
    choose correct article for the phonemes:
    return "a" or "an" or NotImplemented
    '''
    try:
        p = phonemes.strip(accents)[0]
    except IndexError:
        return NotImplemented
    if p in phonetics.consonants:
        return 'a'
    elif p in phonetics.vowels:
        return 'an'
    else:
        return NotImplemented

__all__ = ['choose_art']

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