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!

”I think it comes from a fear of 'dropping your aitches'”

Maybe that’s why I say aitch. A fear of dropping them isn’t something that concerns me...

Aitch.

Haitch makes my teeth hitch.

Oh I see lots of others made my point about other letters :)

Yy even my DC say NHS so

Irish Haytch.

Aitch sounds Cockney to me!

Aitch, as do DC. Although when DD was about 4, after she started with the Haitch, because that's the way her friends spoke. I corrected her every time; then she corrected DH's BiL when he pronounced it haitch!!!

I say Aitch. I also work in HR and hear so many people say it with a "hhh" sound at the beginning .. I thought maybe it was an England thing and that being from America I was saying it wrong.

Aitch.

Definitely aitch. Though DD has picked up haitch from school and I am barking, "Aitch!" at her each time she says it, but it isn't sinking in.

Aitch.

Definitely Aitch.

Aitch

I'm an aitch snob, I hate hearing haitch in anything but an Irish accent. Luckily I live in the US so I never hear haitch in anything but an Irish accent

Aitch. Never any other way.
I'm from the East Midlands.

Aitch

Just reading through these, if talking about HR I would say haitch R but would say N aitch S when referring to the NHS. I am the person described by flowery and I had never realised!

I pronounce it properly - aitch.

I have a friend who drops her aitches and inserts them when not needed. She's lovely but it really grates on me.

Well done, people of MN. You haven't let me down.

Aitch and the other way is incorrect. Nothing that can be blamed on geographical areas...

This is one of my pet hates.

It's Aitch.

Haitch is the sound (h-uh) and the name (aitch) said together. I am irrationally irritated by this!! Wrong wrong wrong.

”Just reading through these, if talking about HR I would say haitch R but would say N aitch S when referring to the NHS. I am the person described by flowery and I had never realised!”

Definitely aitch.

But at least 3 of my friends say haitch. One of them is a nurse, one a carer and one a police officer so the NHS is talked about often. And yes, they say Enn Haitch Ess. It just sounds so clumsy

Aitch. Always aitch. Haitch makes my teeth itch. Tried to explain it to the head of HR in an organisation I worked in who insisted on answering the phone "Haitch R". Got a blank look. Snob alert : I think "haitch" is common. Sorry.

But if your name is Hastings you wouldn't say Astings would you.

Aitch! Always.

My husband and family are from the north and all say Haitch. It makes my teeth set on edge but I'm a lone one. I can hardly go correcting the in-laws really.

Just reading through these, if talking about HR I would say haitch R but would say N aitch S when referring to the NHS. I am the person described by flowery and I had never realised!

This is me too! I've never even noticed it before. I know it's aitch, when sounding out the alphabet I will say aitch, if someone points to the letter and asks what it is I will say it's an aitch, NHS is N aitch S. But HR is Haitch Ar. No idea why. Said it multiple times out loud and "aitch ar" sounds ridiculous. Even though it's obviously the right way to say it.

Aitch is definitely correct.