I pronounce the letter 'H'... |
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Votes: 814
Comments: 15
Added: December 2006
| mark purssell - 27th September 2007 10:08 |
| 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. |
| a guy - 6th January 2008 13:13 |
| 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 |
| Jane - 1st April 2008 18:36 |
| 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!! |
| Laura Hancock - 11th November 2008 08:47 |
| 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. |
| Amy - 29th November 2008 18:26 |
| 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! |
| Toby Bartlett - 2nd December 2008 20:42 |
| my friend Charlie and I one day said to each other that if we hear anyone ever say 'haitch' we would correct, under any circumstances and regardless of our pedantry. We are 13 years old and I think people should know by now it is 'aitch'. |
| Jan Bell - 9th January 2009 07:06 |
| The way I teach my students is to tell them that you don;t pronounce the letter 'm' - 'mem, nor 's' - 'sess', and so on through the rest of the alphabet - so why should you pronounce 'h' as 'haitch'? I refused to allow 'haitch' in my classrooms because I couldn't stand it! |
| Karen Bennett - 28th April 2009 17:57 |
| I AM CURIOUS TO KNOW IF BOTH ARE ACTUALLY CORRECT. |
| Tony - 30th April 2009 01:59 |
| Apparently if you say "haitch" in Australia, it indicates a likelihood that you were educated in a Catholic school. Considering that a Catholic education is associated with bigotry and ignorance, most educated Australians prefer to say "aitch." |
| Ben - 26th May 2009 00:29 |
| I would disagree with the statement related to Australia above, in fact consider it plain wrong! I was educated in a Catholic school in Australia, and taught to say 'aitch'. Me thinks previous a bitter lapsed RC |
| Robert Warrington - 17th August 2009 09:17 |
| Well, each person is unique, so imagine if everyone said every thing with the same accent (it would be awfully dull). Any how, I had best run off, nanny is calling. |
| Simon Romin - 6th October 2009 23:24 |
| Lads - let's face it - it's pronounced 'haitch'. |
| Kideso - 19th October 2009 17:35 |
| i came on this site as i was disturbed - having had a conversation with my son as soon as he could learn to talk (he is now 6 and just started year 2). - he informed me that his teacher told him he is pronouncing it wrong and it should be haitch!! lol - i will be writing a letter.... |
| wow im a sexy bitch - 7th November 2009 08:32 |
| its, haitch and you are all illiterate fuckheads!!! haha :D |
| damn im a sexy bitch - 7th November 2009 08:35 |
| simon romin ,, youre a total LAD!! :D |
