I pronounce the letter 'H'... |
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Added: December 2006 |
Comments:
| mark purssell - 27th September 2007 10:08
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| I find that people who mispronounce the letter H actually think they are correct and that they think the 'aitch' pronunciation is a slang version.
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| a guy - 6th January 2008 13:13
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| H is the eighth letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled aitch in most dialects, though in Irish, Indian and British English[citation needed] it is generally haitch
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| Jane - 1st April 2008 18:36
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| The correct way I was taught & my Mum says (who was a head teacher - now 78) - also the Queen says 'aitch' I think the problem comes from recent education when the children are taught the 'phoneme' way of pronouncing letters.... 'huh' for house... so then they say 'haitch' instead... However it may also be a regional dialect thing!! My Mum was from Yorks, at work the guys are from SW England say 'haitch' I am always correcting my 9yr old twins to say 'aitch' but they swear I am wrong! Hey Ho!!
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| Laura Hancock - 11th November 2008 08:47
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| It drives me absolutely mad and I agree with Mark, when it is mispronounced they do actually think that 'haitch' is correct. My blood runs cold every time I hear it.
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| Amy - 29th November 2008 18:26
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| I hate it when people pronounce H with haitch! It drives me mad! It's aitch! Whenever someone says it to me, for example when spelling something, I always repeat it back correctly!
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