Pronunciation

[Badger]

I believe some have been known to say coe-in-side-ance.

Oh right. I don't think I've heard that one. Obviously they're wrong.

Living in Canada, I'm surrounded by people who can't pronounce things properly.

 

[whitelion]

definitely Aitch. I do get confused with effect and affect though

Which is why I'm surprised that a BBC employee (supposedly educated etc) used the Haitch version.

 

[Icy Gull]

Advertisement or advertise ment?

Old school is certainly advertisement as far as I am aware.

Haitch makes me cringe but it seems to be the way people are taught now so it is here to stay and probably become the norm.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Oh right. I don't think I've heard that one. Obviously they're wrong.

Living in Canada, I'm surrounded by people who can't pronounce things properly.

Fings.

As they say in Lunnon.

 

[Muhammad - I’m hard - Bruce Lee]

Pwonouncinationism

 

[Icy Gull]

Fings.

As they say in Lunnon.

Free is a number in those parts.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Was a little surprised to hear a BBC Five Live presenter pronouncing the H in HR.

So is it:

Haitch or
Aitch?

Funny thing, my wife and myself were at George Bernard Shaw house today.
Seeing all his history, especially Pygmalion.
Fascinating stuff, which reminded me of the H context of My Fair Lady!

 

[SockMonster]

My boy is just learning to read and school is definitely teaching him to say "Haitch"....
Is that teaching policy or just a teacher mispronouncing? Or is it mis-pronouncing?!

 

[The Large One]

There seems to be a lot of CONtroversy in this thread. Or is it conTROVersy?

 

[KingKev]

No.

 

[KingKev]

My boy is just learning to read and school is definitely teaching him to say "Haitch"....
Is that teaching policy or just a teacher mispronouncing? Or is it mis-pronouncing?!

It's a northern thing isn't it? All the scousers I've ever known say 'haitch' and it drives me potty. No such word.

 

[OzMike]

Aitch.
You get some crazy pronunciations over here of words in the English language.
Quite funny at times, a bit like watching the locals trying to master the skills of using a knife and fork, highly amusing.

 

[happypig]

I used to work with two women, neither of whom could pronounce "specific" (one of the questions they had to ask customers was about specific times).
One would say "Pacific" & the other "Suspific".

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

I used to work with two women, neither of whom could pronounce "specific" (one of the questions they had to ask customers was about specific times).
One would say "Pacific" & the other "Suspific".

I've heard "percific" quite a lot.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

I find it quite ironic that Londoners say " haitch" but are incapable of pronouncing the "h" at the beginning of a word

 

[KZNSeagull]

I heard some remarkable pronunciation in the House of Commons yesterday. Debacle. Pronounced deb (as in Deborah) ackle, without any stress on any of the syllables. What a deBARcal.

 

[spongy]

I always thought this whole Aitch/Haitch thing was just a speech impediment. Like a lisp.

At school I was taught Aitch, my mum and dad use Aitch. But my younger sister says Haitch. She just can't physically say Aitch.

If a teacher can't say Aitch how can they teach your child to say it right? Innit.

 

[Chinman3000]

Doritos should be Door-ri-toss NOT Door-re-toes

Apparently.....

 

[Simster]

Doesn't bother me greatly. Unlike people who drop the r from the past tense of buy (because it sounds posher, FFS.). Bought, as in the past tense of 'bing'. I'm getting all cross now.

Surely the past tense of buy is bought, which doesn't have an 'r' in it to start with.

Er, this.
[MENTION=1200]Harry Wilson's tackle[/MENTION], WTF are you talking about?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I heard some remarkable pronunciation in the House of Commons yesterday. Debacle. Pronounced deb (as in Deborah) ackle, without any stress on any of the syllables. What a deBARcal.

I saw a clip from a speech yesterday where rhetoric was pronounced Ree tor ric