To be annoyed at DP always pronouncing the silent 'h'

[ihatecbeebies]

He always pronounces it, like in whipped cream he'll pronounce the h, am I BU to let it irritate me a bit? He thinks I'm in the wrong and you should pronounce the letter but I think it should be silent, who is right?

[ihatecbeebies]

haha unfortunately no but I know what episode you are talking about!

[ihatecbeebies]

maybe I should make DP watch that episode actually so he'll know what I'm talking about

[BulletWithAName]

Hahahaha as soon as I read your OP I thought of Stewie! Sorry

[biddysmama]

sounds like my toddler, she adds h to anything that starts with a so she hays 'ham' instead of 'am' i think its cute.. probably not as an adult tho

[CogitoErgoSometimes]

YANBU to be annoyed. But you do realise that once you get to the level of hating his pronunciation the relationship is pretty much dead, don't you?

[ihatecbeebies]

I think we'll manage to bounce back from this one cogito I don't think we need to call it a day just yet! I don't absolutely detest him for it we just had a joke about it together about disagreeing so we let mumsnet be the judge.

[weimy]

depends where you come from I think

[eurochick]

cool whhhhhip, anyone?

[TeelaBrown]

Seriously though, it's an affectation. I'm basing this ao really reliable source of information: Wikipedia

I think it's meant to sound 'posh', i.e. is a hypercorrection.

[TeelaBrown]

basing this on a