How do you pronounce the letter H?

[inlawsimnotsure]

How do you pronounce the letter H? Like ‘ach’ or ‘hhach’?

I work in HR and my name begins with H so I have confidently been saying ‘ach’ my whole life, but all of my colleagues say ‘hhach’ so I am starting to doubt myself.

We are all largely from the same region.

It’s driving me a bit crazy!

It's aitch

Aitch

The correct way is AITCH.

Don’t get started on schedule. 😂

Aitch

It's "aitch". But the number of HR people who say haitch is astonishing. I think it comes from a fear of 'dropping your aitches'

aitch - or phonetically ay't'ch

absolutely not hay-t-ch

Aitch. I'm in the US if that makes a difference.

Haitch however apparently that’s common 🤷🏼‍♀️

Haitch - I know it’s wrong though, soz

Without the ‘H’. Ay’tch.

Unless you’re Irish, any other pronunciation is incorrect.

Aitch.

Aitch.

I am always baffled when people say it must be haitch because the sound should begin with a 'h' because that's the sound the letter makes. On that basis, 'w' would be called wubble-you.

Aitch

Aitch

“aitch”. My DD had a teacher back in year 1 or 2 who said “haitch” and DD started saying it too.... I soon got rid of that!

Aitch here too. Does this change geographically? I'm in London.

Aitch.

My name is Hannah, so does my vote count for more?

@lazylinguist I love you, they will forever more be wubble-you to me!

It’s aitch. My dc and I have different accents and pronounce some things differently but aitch is one thing I always correct them about.

Aitch. Haitch drives me potty. And I bet the majority of people who say haitch would not say En Haitch Ess when referring to our public sector health provider.

Aitch

”I am always baffled when people say it must be haitch because the sound should begin with a 'h' because that's the sound the letter makes. On that basis, 'w' would be called wubble-you.”

Yes this. You don’t hear nen, mem, sess, feff or lell do you?!

I live in the East Midlands and everyone says it Haitch, even my kids! Drives me mad. Look it up, it's Aitch. No need to start the word with an H. Just like you don't say Feff for Foxtrot. My name starts with H too op so I feel your pain.

I was going to say I say it haich but now I’m questioning it in reference to my surname.
To summarise... I’m not sure

Aitch but I'm not bothered either way. The letter h is a funny one. Didn't the word "ring" used to begin with an h?