Saying haitch.

[Chunkymenrock]

I almost never hear anyone saying aitch anymore. It's so infuriating! There is no such word as haitch. Am I alone in feeling so irritated? 😕

[Rollergirl1980]

No I feel your pain.

[EmbarrassingMama]

Agreed.

[thatonesmine]

I hate it too, and actually had someone correct me once when I was spelling my name over the phone. I said aitch and she said "you mean haitch?"

[QueenFreesia2021]

Agree!! I am in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 And most people see aitch. But DD1 said haitch 🙄 WTAF?!

Is it school or YouTube that’s got her saying it

[Swifey40]

It's sooooo common and makes my teeth itch!! My ds teacher for year 3 made them say haitch and I complained!!!

[MrsGface]

Haitch is the standard pronunciation in Hiberno English. It’s not incorrect, it’s just different.

[Chunkymenrock]

I'm so glad I'm not alone. I even had to turn Radio 4 off this week because no one could say aitch and I could take it no longer.

[StCharlotte]

I hate it but accept it.

However, I had to ring HMRC about inheitance tax the other day and the recorded voice kept saying I-Haitch-T. It must have taken so much more effort.

[ListeriaWane]

There is no such word as haitch

There’s also so such word as “aitch”. Or “eff”, or “double-you”, or “zed”, for that matter.

[DrWankincense]

It is haitch! Hhhhhhhh? What is aitch? It's like a posh itch!
(But I'm Scottish and pronounce everything wrong)

[Garriet]

You are not alone!

[Honks]

Agree agree agree
It’s aitch!!!

[GemmaRuby]

I hate it.

[Dilbertian]

Of course aitch is a word! It's the name of the letter between gee and eye.

I was always taught that haitch was wrong I think that might have been North London middle class snobbery.

I think haitching has increased because h is the only letter that does not have its sound in its name, so teachers are using haitch to include the sound.

[WaitinginVain]

It grates on my nerves and seems to be everywhere.

DC say it all the time and heard their teachers do the same in home learning.

[Chunkymenrock]

@ListeriaWane

There is no such word as haitch

There’s also so such word as “aitch”. Or “eff”, or “double-you”, or “zed”, for that matter.

Aitch is a noun and in the dictionary.

[Byheckythump]

I hagree

[ParishSpinster]

Always thought it was haitch.

I had a maths teacher who said "hitch" for h. Which wasn't actually that uncommon. But I'm in Scotland. We do things properly differently to England here.

[Chunkymenrock]

@DrWankincense

It is haitch! Hhhhhhhh? What is aitch? It's like a posh itch!
(But I'm Scottish and pronounce everything wrong)

It is NOT haitch! Knock the 'h' off the beginning when you say it!

[QuornStarMartini]

Keeps me awake at night, I haven’t thought of anything else for years.

It was particularly tough dealing with Line of Duty and all the hype surrounding it. I coped and feel stronger for it.

[boxonthehill]

I have a friend with 3 degrees and a Masters who's doing a PHD at the moment. All 3 of her degrees are firsts and one is in linguistics. She says "haitch".

I was brought up to believe haitch was ungodly and I absolutely hate it but I do think it's one of those we need to accept is now a thing.

[Chicchicchicchiclana]

Can't get worked up about this one.

Saying the h in aitch is traditional in some Afro Caribbean communities and has probably rubbed off on others. There are also people who say the h in other non-H words. I feel it's a bit racist to object to it.

[JassyRadlett]

Haitch and aitch was a Catholic/Prod signifier when I was growing up (and obviously spoken of with horror that one might use a signifier for The Other Lot.

So these days I treat it with decent respect for regional/cultural difference rather than coming over all swoony about it as my grandmother would have done.