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The eighth letter of the alphabet (lemmy.world)
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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Anyone that says Haich was banged too hard on the head as a child and you'll never change my mind

[–] TheEEEdiot@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hwhy would you say that?

[–] SatyrSack@feddit.org 5 points 2 weeks ago

Saying hwhat hwerid?

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I've never heard anyone anywhere pronounce it haitch.

[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 6 points 2 weeks ago

It's common in Irish communities and in random places across the UK.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

The YouTubers NerdCubed and Real Civil Engineer, both British AFAIK, both say (or at least said) it that way.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 8 points 2 weeks ago

Relevant Mitchell and Webb:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmVnr7rsWrE

[–] klu9@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

Anyone remember who did the TV comedy sketch with the following exchange? (I'm thinking Dick Emery, but not sure.)

  • Where did you learn to drop your aitches?
  • 'Arrow.
[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago

Hå...

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I just pronounce it as H.

[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 4 points 2 weeks ago

I never got why some people put an extra aitch at the start of aitch.

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Herb

[–] Patch@feddit.uk 4 points 2 weeks ago

I'm an h-in-herb kinda guy. 'erb actually feels like more effort to say.

[–] klu9@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Halpert? Or Ancock?

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Orogono

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

The people who put an H in aitch are the same who never pronounce the h in any other word.

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Imagine thelleter actually making the sound that it usually does when used in words. Couldn't be the english spelling.

[–] faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

Where is the etch gang at?

[–] CassiniWarden@infosec.pub 1 points 2 weeks ago

The aich letter of the alphabet.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

sconn V scöne

[–] Bezier@suppo.fi 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

hAiTcH oR aItCh

English is a real language.

Hoo.