[babbies123]

Originally Posted by equilibrium

Actually, A is correct, for me at least .I was always taught that An is for vowel sounds, A is for consonant sounds
I, with my accent, say x-am-ple.

It talks about it more at the end of this page http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/591/01/

Well as far as i am aware, the common grammar rules dictate, so as to avoid accent-based disputes, that the word "An" is only to replace "A" when preceeding a word with a beginning letter that is either a vowel, or, despite being often overlooked, "h".

Ergo:

An example,
A fruitful experience,
and An harrowing result.