Pronunciation

[whitelion]

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

So is it:

Haitch or
Aitch?

 

[Wilko]

Aitch.

 

[Raskolnikov]

Aitch - it is in the dictionary


http://www.whichenglish.com/Better-English-Grammar/usage/haitch-or-aitch.html

 

[whitelion]

I guess some users who say Haitch do so because they think they shouldn't 'drop their Hs' but wrongly do so.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

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.

 

[whitelion]

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.

That's just misusing the wrong word rather than pronunciation.

 

[Buzzer]

The aspirate is dropped.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

That's just misusing the wrong word rather than pronunciation.

That's what I keep telling them!

 

[Juan Albion]

On a recent trip to the UK I was shocked how bad pronunciation often is there. Even the BBC can't get it right any more. It is 'our,' not 'are'. It is 'mayor,' not 'mare.' It is 'secretary,' not 'seckertary.'

Grrrr. Pronounced 'Grrrr.'

 

[Algernon]

Aitch.

While I'm contributing in a thread about Five Live stuff.
Since when was Brexit pronounced Bregzit?

 

[Notters]

The only correct Sussex pronunciation is oyyyyych.

 

[Mr Bridger]

It's BreXit, not Breggsit, Tim Farron you muppet !!!

 

[Is it PotG?]

You say tomato, I say tomato.

Scone or scone?

Coincidence or coincidence?

Either or either?

Free country (at the moment).

 

[Frutos]

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. [emoji38]ol:

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

 

[Me and my Monkey]

Tomato, scone, either, of course. Not decided with coincidence.

 

[Badger]

Coincidence or coincidence?

I wasn't aware there were two ways to pronounce this.

 

[Me and my Monkey]

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

Correct. Come on 'Arry, get it right!

 

[Buzzer]

We all pronounce "harass" as "harris" rather than "ha-rass", don't we?

 

[Is it PotG?]

I wasn't aware there were two ways to pronounce this.

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

 

[pearl]

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

So is it:

Haitch or
Aitch?

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