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The alphabet and 'H'.

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Thatbliddywoman · 01/09/2020 22:50

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.

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iklboo · 04/09/2020 12:46

My nice builder in the far south of Ireland is from Manchester, he brings his own barm or butties, and puts his ladders in my ginnel.

Do you leave the door on the snick for him?

eggandonion · 04/09/2020 13:36

He has a key, so no need. I like when his partner calls and he says awroit. Or similar. He has a proper job on just now, so I can't entice him with my list of small jobs. I miss him for having a brew with.

iklboo · 04/09/2020 14:38

Y'oright are kid?

(Are you alright, person who I have known for some time but aren't necessarily related to?) Grin

eggandonion · 04/09/2020 17:12

His teenage ds came with him one day, he was visiting from Manchester, he had an equally brilliant accent.
My kids have lived in various places and say aitch. But use ye as the plural of you. Thanks to Munster variant hiberno English.

midnightstar66 · 04/09/2020 17:19

Nobody but nobody I know says Haich. Never heard of it til today!

eggandonion · 04/09/2020 17:36

Do you know that for sure? I know how my husband and kids say it, and my boss who would sometimes have to spell out a name. But aside from them I have no idea.

mrshoho · 04/09/2020 17:47

@midnightstar66

Nobody but nobody I know says Haich. Never heard of it til today!
Where do you live? I find it hard to believe you've never heard the letter H pronounced as haitch if you live in the UK.
AhNowTed · 04/09/2020 19:47

@midnightstar66

Nobody but nobody I know says Haich. Never heard of it til today!

You need to widen your horizons.

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