How do you pronounce the letter "h"

CorkMan · 2011-09-10 22:25:08

I'm pronounce it like "Hay-ch". It is the same as the word "z". I pronounce it "zed", not "zee".

10-09-2011 10:25PM

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I'm pronounce it like "Hay-ch". It is the same as the word "z". I pronounce it "zed", not "zee".

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"h" as in "hay-ch"

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#2 10-09-2011 10:26PM

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"Haitch"

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#3 10-09-2011 10:26PM

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Please wait for slovak

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#4 10-09-2011 10:26PM

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CorkMan wrote: »

Please wait for poll.

Oooooh I'm moist with anticipation.

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#5 10-09-2011 10:28PM

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Good Lord, the threads are slowly getting worse

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#6 10-09-2011 10:28PM

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http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055815809

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#7 10-09-2011 10:28PM

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Who fcukin' says 'aych' like they're American!? :mad:

Yes, the little things both please me immensely and irritate the hell out of me!

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#8 10-09-2011 10:31PM

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Like H.

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#9 10-09-2011 10:32PM

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I generally don't as my English friend informed me

Three is tree
Thought is taught
Thrive is trive
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I think or tink its a Dublin thing or ting

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#10 10-09-2011 10:32PM

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Hotel - to avoid confusion

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#11 10-09-2011 10:33PM

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After a few pints and shorts it's ' Heeeshush '' hic

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#12 10-09-2011 10:34PM

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Hay-ch.

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#13 10-09-2011 10:35PM

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With a silent h.

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#14 10-09-2011 10:35PM

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Mostly non-native english speakers pronounce h ay-ch from my experiences.

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#15 10-09-2011 10:36PM

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Nigel

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#16 10-09-2011 10:36PM

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4leto wrote: »

I generally don't as my English friend informed me

Three is tree
Thought is taught
Thrive is trive
etc

I think or tink its a Dublin thing or ting

Yeah I've had this pointed out as well but I generally retort that the English are fond of omitting the 'h' sound when its at the front of a word (surely a more important place!)

'arry
'allo
'ead

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#17 10-09-2011 10:38PM

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Oh look!

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#18 10-09-2011 10:46PM

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I've always said 'aytch' as per

British English dictionaries give aytch as the standard pronunciation for the letter H. However, the pronunciation haytch is also attested as a legitimate variant. We also do not ask broadcasters who naturally say haytch to change their pronunciation but if a broadcaster contacted to ask us, we would tell them that aytch is regarded as the standard pronunciation in British English, people can feel very strongly about this and this pronunciation is less likely to attract audience complaints.

However, interestingly (well, relatively speaking...)

Haytch is a standard pronunciation in Irish English and is increasingly being used by native English-speaking people all across the country, irrespective of geographical provenance or social standing.

So it seems that Hiberno English dictates that 'haytch' is the correct pronunciation, but it's 'aytch' under the British English version.

One to watch out for there, Keith the Unionist.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11642588

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#19 10-09-2011 10:50PM

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later10 wrote: »

I've always said 'aytch' as per

However, interestingly (well, relatively speaking...)

So it seems that Hiberno English dictates that 'haytch' is the correct pronunciation, but it's 'aytch' under the British English version.

One to watch out for there, Keith the Unionist.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11642588

Hmmm...I'm suspicious - nobody every first learns how to pronounce something but looking it up. If you're Irish and went to school here (or anywhere outside NA) it's 'haytch', otherwise you've changed it to the American sounding way for some pretentious reason and are trying to justify it here on boards.

I'm on to you!

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#20 10-09-2011 10:55PM

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It's aytch!

Another one that gets to me is hotel. The correct thing to say would be an 'otel (silent H) not a hotel

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#21 10-09-2011 10:57PM

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later10 wrote: »

I've always said 'aytch' as per

However, interestingly (well, relatively speaking...)

So it seems that Hiberno English dictates that 'haytch' is the correct pronunciation, but it's 'aytch' under the British English version.

One to watch out for there, Keith the Unionist.
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It's funny you should say that, because despite having similar accents and speech mannerisms, Protestants in NI usually say aitch, whilsts Catholics say haitch.

It's a way to tell what 'sort' a person is,believe it or not.
Not sure if southern Prods follow the patterns of their Northern counterparts but they may well not.

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#22 10-09-2011 10:59PM

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Wolflikeme wrote: »

Hmmm...I'm suspicious - nobody every first learns how to pronounce something but looking it up. If you're Irish and went to school here (or anywhere outside NA) it's 'haytch', otherwise you've changed it to the American sounding way for some pretentious reason and are trying to justify it here on boards.

I'm on to you!

I'm the most anti Americanisms person I know, so it isn't anything to do with that. Both my parents who grew up in the 40s and 50s say 'aytch', so I'm guessing it's an older Irish thing, perhaps. Lots of Irish people say 'atch', there's nothing pretentious about it.

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#23 10-09-2011 11:05PM

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Wolflikeme wrote: »

Who fcukin' says 'aych' like they're American!? :mad:

My wife for one, but then again, she is American
Always fuel for a light hearted argument on pronunciation and spelling differences.

It's Aluminium ffs not aluminum

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#24 10-09-2011 11:16PM

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hay-chhhhhhhhhhh

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#25 11-09-2011 12:07AM

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Now do the letter 'r'

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#26 11-09-2011 12:08AM

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Arrrrrggggghhhhh

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#27 11-09-2011 12:09AM

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RacoonQueen wrote: »

Now do the letter 'r'

it's wasbewwy, wight?

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#28 11-09-2011 12:18AM

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RacoonQueen wrote: »

Now do the letter 'r'

Its loike aore...roysh?

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#29 11-09-2011 12:26AM

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It's always been aitch for h and ar for r. Basically the UK, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India and all other English speaking countries say it one way, yet Irish people insiste that everyone else is wrong.

It's a hyper-correction based on the assumption that letter names correspond to their sounds. They need not.

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#30 11-09-2011 12:28AM

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phyy-yynllllll

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#31 11-09-2011 12:41AM

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RacoonQueen wrote: »

Now do the letter 'r'

I'd always pronounce it 'or' leading to much misunderstanding and questions such as "wha....you mean like eeyore?"

Everyone else says "arrr", which doesn't work for me. Again I'll use NATO alphabet for spelling over the phone

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