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Haitch Or Aitch?

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piggynose | 15:59 Thu 03rd Aug 2023 | Jobs & Education
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According to google I say haitch not cuz i am thick, but due to my Irish origins.
Over to you.
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aitch
16:00 Thu 03rd Aug 2023
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yes, it seems to be a regional thing.
16:02 Thu 03rd Aug 2023
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https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/aitch
16:03 Thu 03rd Aug 2023
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You can't be that thick if you know ;-D
16:07 Thu 03rd Aug 2023
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Aitch.
16:09 Thu 03rd Aug 2023
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Aitch.
16:14 Thu 03rd Aug 2023
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17.07, og, I didn't know there were two ways of pronouncing it until I took a look at the UC thread! Ah well you live and learn!
16:17 Thu 03rd Aug 2023
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capital 'A'
16:22 Thu 03rd Aug 2023
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Definitely aitch.
The Irish also say "fil-um" for "film" and lots more oddities, no doubt!
16:24 Thu 03rd Aug 2023
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Thank you, gingejbee, for your contribution. Perhaps we can wave aitch goodbye, and move on to other, equally important, matters?
16:26 Thu 03rd Aug 2023
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epenthesis isn't that unusual. Even the English say thunder where their ancestors managed with thunor, and hampster rather than hamster has made its way into some dictionaries.
16:38 Thu 03rd Aug 2023
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Epenthesis?
18:12 Thu 03rd Aug 2023

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