Haitch AIBU

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...to want to scream "it's aitch!!!!!!"

FFS

I also hate when people say siCKth.

Its sixth! SICKSTH

Aitch all the way but 'an 'istorical event' for example as all the news presenters were doing a while ago makes me itchy especially when they are otherwise well spoken. It might be correct (is it?) But it sounds so weird and wrong and randomly cockney.

It's aitch, not haitch.

Hadjab

*Roll

Too late, I'd already corrected myself lol

I started a thread about this about 4 years ago!! I'm with you OP!! Drives me mad. You don't say 'NHaitchS', It's NHS.

Worst thing is when an Haitcher tells me I'm wrong. GET AWAY FROM ME.

I silently scream every time I hear HAITCH too, especially from teachers, newsreaders, and other professional people who really should know better.

Quite irrational I know, but it really annoys me and I find I get quite judgemental when I hear the word AITCH being constantly mispronounced.

Washing Matilda... MGS... I love that! It's going to be in my arsenal from now on in my war against the haitches!

Bloody phone! NHS not sodding MGS !

I say haitch and gotten.

Doing my little bit to piss off the English.

Also it makes sense that the word haitch starts with the letter haitch. Yes.

You don't say Mem or Feff or Lel.

@zozozoo

It's a bit of a mish-mash.

You use 'an' with an 'h' word if the 'h' is silebt - e.g. An honest day's work.

You use 'a' where is 'h' sound is made - e.g. I had trouble finding a hiding place from the angry mob.

The confusion with a few words (like historical and hotel) is that we used to use a more French pronunciation so it was more "an 'otel" or "an 'istoire" which is why some fancy folk keep the 'an' even when it's not technically correct.

Sorry - I know that might be boring for some but I find stuff like this interesting

squoosh
Are you my mum?

I was listening to a Radio 4 podcast today and one of the guests kept referring to the NHS as the "En Haitch Ess". Like fingernails down a blackboard!

I have to spell my name quite a lot and it has an 'h' in the middle. I always said 'aitch' but frequently whoever was listening took this as 'a', to the extent I had to give up and say 'haitch' myself to make sure they got it right. Except now I wonder if the person is actually judging me for not saying 'aitch.' Minefield!

Squoosh . I can say NHaitchS- I work for them and have no issue doing so!
I don’t do it to annoy anyone, it’s just automatic after saying it all my life!

I do enjoy seeing the look of bemusement on my colleagues faces if I ask them to get me something from a press or mention giving out to my bold child...

Collin's English Dictionary concurs with Getoff's big Oxford dictionary - yes, it's aitch! Haitch is just plain wrong. No matter how many people say it.

I don't think there's an apostrophe in 'Collins English Dictionary'.

Thanks moany I also find that interesting :) makes me think of people who say thee-etter (for theatre) as if it's posh to say it the French way.

Definitely aich. It doesn't annoy me now but reading the other posts I'm really worried that my DC will pick up haitch from their teachers. Eldest DS has already picked up 'yeah' from nursery. I've never cared what people say before but suddenly it is suddenly really irritating.

Haitcher’s gonna haitch.

I always thought it was just aitch when you were spelling out a word which includes the letter 'h'. Are all words that start with 'h' pronounced as aitch then? For example Howard would be pronounced oward? If so I pronounced my maiden name wrong for 22 years!

I'm Irish as fuck and it is AITCH.

Also it makes sense that the word haitch starts with the letter haitch.

Well, no. If that was true we would say "Wubblewoo" instead of "Doubleyou" and R would be pronounced "Rarrr".

I wince when I hear "Haitch". I appreciate it's different in Ireland but in England it sounds ignorant.

And my GP says "Haitch R T" which makes me distrust everything she says...

Ttbb I think it’s possibly an overreaction to be “really worried” about such a minor issue!

My 3 year old DD sounds like she is being raised by a BBC news broadcaster rather than her very Irish parents. I don’t get annoyed by her saying aitch. I find it funny that she says “shall we” and “baw-th” instead of “baa-th” and that she corrects me when reading Julia Donaldson books (I just cannot make scarf rhyme with laugh, or greedier with encyclopaedia). I love hearing different accents and different pronunciations. It’s fascinating how language changes and evolves.