Haitch. Just stop it. Now.

[MissGreatBritain]

It's wrong. Look it up in the dictionary. And don't give me "local dialect"; it's still wrong. The word you are looking for is AITCH.

I know, but if you said aitch where I grew up you'd get teased mercilessly.

My DEar stubborn Dad used to correct my BF

No. It isn't.

It's wrong wrong wrong.

If you look it up in the dictionary you will find it under a for aitch, not h for haitch.

I think it's said correctly more often nowadays than a few years ago.

Well then the dictionary is wrong. Here in Ireland, you'd be laughed at for saying 'aitch'. It would like saying 'otel' for hotel. I can hear the mockery now. 'Listen to your one, who does she think she is?'

Seriously, noone here would say 'aitch'.

Hmm, I'm not sure that 'the dictionary is wrong' is a very valid argument!

I abhor; regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate; dictionary.reference.com/browse/abhor, the "haitch".

My Chambers dictionary sayeth thus: "aitch".

And Chambers is right on every account, especially as the definition provided of "eclair" is: n a cake, long in shape but short in duration.

Now, that's a dictionary to trust.

There's an advert at the moment where the lady says 'Haitch D'.

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