[Misc] Haitch or H

[MJsGhost]

Why have 25 yr olds been excluded from the poll?

 

[GT49er]

Sod my age (or anybody else's) - it's aitch. Anything else is bollocks, like aks for ask.

 

[GT49er]

People who say "haitch" write "are" when they mean "our". FACT.

They should of paid more attention at school then!

 

[Stato]

Buckles.

 

[Giraffe]

imagine making this poll and no option for "aitch".

Absolutely.

 

[Robinjakarta]

/eɪʧ/ otherwise known as aitch. No h sound, except maybe there is in some dialects?

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Or

 

[Jam The Man]

It’s not even really a debate.
The dictionary spells it as ‘aitch’ and that is that.

I correct my children every single time they get it wrong. They think I’m tremendous fun as a dad.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

Icy, please go back to Potter in/out polls. Anything but whatever THIS is.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

It may be an age thing but every time someone spells something and says Haitch not H it irritates me

I think it’s been taught as Haitch in some schools for a while now?

How do you say it?

Bit of a cock up in the poll if you are 25 go with under 25

Agree

Had the same discussion yesterday, it really blooming irritates me…..

I really need to get out more…..

 

[Baldseagull]

I would say Haitch, except I am from Crawley and we tend to drop the H, so I say Aitch.

In Artfordhsire, Erodforshire, an Ampshire, urricanes ardly appen.

 

[zeemeeuw]

Haitch ... my harse!

 

[Super Steve Earle]

Surely teachers are to blame? If it isn't corrected at school, it never will be unless the adult needs to change to fit in. Teachers who say haitch and know no better is no excuse, anymore than anything else they fail to correct or teach incorrectly to their pupils. No doubt a teacher will now post and say 'I'm a teacher' and it's not my job. I suspect the majority on here think it is, but it looks like most posters are older and better educated in the English language. Sadly it will be justified as 'just evolution of the language and both are acceptable now'.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Personally anyone who says it as haitch I instantly believe they’re thick.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

/eɪʧ/ otherwise known as aitch. No h sound, except maybe there is in some dialects?

I would say Haitch, except I am from Crawley and we tend to drop the H, so I say Aitch.

In Artfordhsire, Erodforshire, an Ampshire, urricanes ardly appen.

This is how the asperate started. People had dialects that dropped aitches and wanted to appear posher than they are, maybe for jobs etc. The problem then came when words that have a silent aitch get one and shouldn't.
Parker in Thunderbirds -Yes your Honour

Personally, I blame the French.

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

How you pronounce NHS is an indicator.

 

[Jam The Man]

How you pronounce NHS is an indicator.

You’d think so, wouldn’t you?
Sadly not the case for a couple of people I know.

 

[Comrade Sam]

Haitch is a London thing, everyone says it - even my wife and kids. I feel alone with the correct pronunciation. Strangely adults all think I'm a Londoner, but the kids I teach all think I'm foreign.

 

[SK1NT]

Noticed how many people say Haitch since watching the occasional episode of Lingo on ITV. It really pisses me off... Aitch ffs.

 

[Acker79]

No one mentioned the Eddie Izzard joke

https://youtu.be/Y6lJGD3Q9Qs