Re: How to pronounce the letter "H"

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Sujet : Re: How to pronounce the letter "H"
De : naddy (at) *nospam* mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber)
Groupes : sci.lang
Date : 01. Jul 2025, 20:16:58
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On 2025-07-01, Tilde <invalide@invalid.invalid> wrote:

"haitch" does sound oldish. Wondering if there is a
difference/preference between English as spoken in
America or GB... If you recite the alphabet (again,
this is for English speakers), sure seems to come
out "aitch".

I had never head of "haitch" until it was discussed in one of the
usual places (alt.usage.english, sci.lang or Language Log) many
years ago.  Wikipedia confirms my recollection: The "haitch"
pronunciation is Irish and in some places it's a shibboleth: If you
went to Catholic school, you learned "haitch", otherwise it was
"aitch".

"Haitch" is spreading in BrE. J.C. Wells in the _Longman Pronunciation
Dictionary_, 3rd ed., 2008, cites these figures:
  Preference poll: BrE: eɪtʃ 84%, heɪtʃ 16% (born since 1982, 24%)

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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de

Date Sujet#  Auteur
9 Jun 25 * How to pronounce the letter "H"12Tilde
10 Jun 25 +* Re: How to pronounce the letter "H"4Adam Funk
1 Jul17:58 i`* Re: How to pronounce the letter "H"3Tilde
1 Jul20:16 i +- Re: How to pronounce the letter "H"1Christian Weisgerber
2 Jul09:42 i `- Re: How to pronounce the letter "H"1Adam Funk
15 Jun 25 `* Re: How to pronounce the letter "H"7Christian Weisgerber
15 Jun 25  +* Re: How to pronounce the letter "H"5guido wugi
16 Jun 25  i`* Re: How to pronounce the letter "H"4Christian Weisgerber
16 Jun 25  i `* Re: How to pronounce the letter "H"3guido wugi
21 Jun 25  i  `* Re: How to pronounce the letter "H"2Christian Weisgerber
22 Jun 25  i   `- Re: How to pronounce the letter "H"1guido wugi
16 Jun 25  `- Re: How to pronounce the letter "H"1Adam Funk

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