The alphabet and 'H'.

[Thatbliddywoman]

So we say
Ay.
Bee
Sea
Dee
Ee
Eff
Jee
Aitch. Except we don't. We say 'Haitch'.
Why?
We make the aitch have its own letter as the sound of the word for it
We don't do that with any other letter. Why H?
We don't say 'wubbleyew' do we, It's 'doubleyew'?
I don't understand it.

I judge people who say haitch. It is like nails down a blackboard.

I say Aitch not Haitch

I also have no idea what you're on about really

I don't say 'haitch', I say 'aitch'.

I don’t, I say Aitch. Because that’s how it’s supposed to be pronounced.
Haitch really winds me up!

Speak for yourself. I say aitch.

I also said aitch.

What?

Is it a regional dialect thing? Some people say aitch, others say Haitch. I think this is why it's important to teach our children phonics.

It's definitely "aitch". I visibly cringe when people say "haitch". Awful.

I say haitch.

Someone once told me that the way you say it is a Catholic/Protestant shibboleth, although I don't know how true that actually is.

Aitch, sorry.

Huge connotations in NI. Generally speaking, Catholics say Haitch, protestants day Aitch.

If you want to know someone's background, ask them to spell "hat" lol

It's aitch

That's it, CareBear50! Makes sense now - it was a Donegal relative who told me.

Aitch

I say aitch! I've just noticed most humans don't!

Haitchh is a legitimate variation. I tend to err toward haitch, aitch sounds weird to me.

I say haitch with a silent aitch.

People are dreadful about ‘Haitch’-sayers on Mumsnet. It’s tantamount to murder!

I say 'feff' for F, doesn't everyone?

It's aitch... Got that drummed into me as a kid so pronouncing it haitch drives me nuts.

I say “aitch”. I know it’s snobby but I also find “haitch” like nails down a blackboard.

I’m Catholic though! (not from NI, so probably not significant).

W looked like two Us put together. In French it translates as "double V".

I have no idea what the op means. What do you mean we make H have its own sound?

We don't do that with any other letter

Yes we do.
H, W (your own example) and Y ... that’s just off the top of my head.
What’s your issue, anyway? The name of the letter H is pronounced ‘aitch’. Haitch may seem correct to you - but you’d just be wrong.