SEP IS AN INDIAN TRIBE

AND RATE IS THE OTHER TRIBE

AND THERE'S A TEEPEE BETWEEN THEM!!!!!!

SEP 'A' RATE

man was i resistant to that one.

me, "umm, no. it's an 'e' between them."

she, "look it up"

me, "ok."

me (a short time later), "dayum. (but perhaps this dictionary is out of date or wrongz)"

now onto the question of "a indian tribe" vs. "an indian tribe".

a tribe

an indian

a/an indian tribe.

because it's a tribe, the answer appears to be a indian tribe.

ironically, if i hear someone say it that way, i will assume lesser intelligence.

it turns out, my petty, judgmental bias favored the "correct determination".

http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/25428/article-when-there-is-an-adjective-before-a-noun

i don't know where i got it in my head that the article is always determined by the noun. i think i've seen it written that way. the web says otherwise; that it's the next word that matters so that's that. as for that semi-colon? don't know now and never will. who cares, really? i don't because i can't master it. otherwise i would probably view it as indicative of intelligencez.