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[little_O]

Not sure if this is etiquette as such, but couldn't find another home for this question:

How of you pronounce the letter "h"?

How is it supposed to be pronounced in English (British/Australian not American).

Is it aych?
Or haych?

[LimeSlice]

AY-tch.

Most definitely NOT Haytch.

(Can you tell this is a particular pet peeve of mine? )

[MrsFabuloso]

AY-TCH. I was always taught Haytch is wrong.

[~Gee_Whizzy~]

"Aitch" here too. I get all twitchy when people pronounce it Haitch -_-

[OceanPrincess]

Absolutely what the others say. It's a pet peeve of mine too.

In the Oxford dictionary, the letter H is spelled "aitch". Not haitch.

[meow]

My grade 6 teacher was big on this. I still remember her writing "aitch" on the blackboard and drumming it into us

[Tinks]

I know it's aitch but it always comes out of my mouth as haitch.

[trishalishous]

I say it both ways *hides*

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

The letter H does not begin with an H.

In other news, in Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire hurricanes hardly ever happen.

[Cassius2]

because i had such an awesome primary education...I had no idea that it was pronounced Ay-tch hahahaha.

thank goodness this is an online forum and I have never had to say it in front of y'all

[RainbowRiver]

Must of been my little school (80 kids all up) education down fall, but I've always said it as haych lol

[Astrolady]

because i had such an awesome primary education...I had no idea that it was pronounced Ay-tch hahahaha.

thank goodness this is an online forum and I have never had to say it in front of y'all

Well I am glad I am not the only one. I have always said haych

[LizLemon]

Aitch. Drives me nuts otherwise.

DS says haych and he's never got that here so I think that's what they were teaching last year at kindy. I will drum that out of him!

[2CheekyMonkeys]

Is it different state to state? I've always put the 'h' sound in front and that's how they teach it at my kids school. There is a phonics program and they do the h with a 'h' sound. To be honest it annoys me when it's said with the 'aitch' sound. I'm in qld by the way.

[LimeSlice]

Is it different state to state? I've always put the 'h' sound in front and that's how they teach it at my kids school. There is a phonics program and they do the h with a 'h' sound. To be honest it annoys me when it's said with the 'aitch' sound. I'm in qld by the way.

I spent several years in State schools in Queensland, and we were still taught 'aitch'.

[Tinks]

I was never taught it at school. My Nanna taught me.

[Lisa]

Haytch here too. To say it without the H sound is so strange to me. It's like those that say erbs instead of herbs and ello instead of hello, it's just not right to me.

[Jaycee]

Haytch here too, drives me nuts when people say aytch lol