'Ate' or 'Et' - pronunciation question

[TsarChasm]

I say 'ate' (sounding like 'eight')

For some reason my dc have started saying 'et' for 'ate'.

I'm not sure if this is a dialect thing. If it is, I'm not sure where they've picked it up from because I don't use it. Nor have I heard the word said that way here (south).

Is it an incorrect pronunciation though? Or do both ways apply?

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I say Et... and otherwise quite well spoken! I always thought ATE sounds as bad as Haich instead of aich (as in the letter H)

do tell me if i'm dreadfully common!

I wonder if ate is gaining ground because it's American.

thankyou wabbit.

wabbit - you and I (and others too) are ineffably posh and correct in our speech. Innit.

Hmm, interesting one! I say ate, DH says Ett. I'm a 'nicely' ( ha ha !!!) southern girl, he is a gruff Northerner from Lancashire!! So I've always thought it was colloquial.

You're welcome Aitch

at ineffable poshness!!

LackaDAISYcal, have a look at this website - click on Good English and then Apostrophe "S" to get their "definitive" comments!

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I was sitting at a luncheon with HRH Queen Elizabeth II and she said '...although why he would be interested in what I ate (pronounced et) I don't know...' (speaking about Prince Charles).

Oxford English ate = et

So from the 'horses mouth' as it is the Queens English lol!

You reanimated a 5 year old thread so you could name-drop who you had lunch with?!

Very impressive.

How did you even know this thread existed?

Thread from 200ayt or et?

Omg. It is ATE. Not et!!

We never hear from Tech any more

And it's et of course.

Er, isn't this "it's ET", "it's EIGHT" ping pong tedious and pointless?

As has already been shown, some say it the first way (including the real Queen), some say it the second way. Why argue?

Sorry, I've been told off before for advocating tolerance on Pedants' Corner so I'll stop there.

And why has no pedant pointed out my error in saying this thread is 5 years old?

This came up at work and while investigating it Mumsnet thread came up.
Name drop indeed! Why me and Liz go waaaay back!!! Sad thinking sir :(

You, m'dear speak beautifully...and sound lovely. And please spread the 'aitch' pronunciation at every given opportunity, even tv presenters say the 'haitch'. Another bug bear of mine, plaque (ark - bacterial growth) and plaque (ack nameplate/sign)...all toothpaste advertising on tv say the latter...I assume the populace all have big gobs!

But b4 daddaddad jumps in...I'll survive...and hopefully will my beautiful English language...thanks to eloquent people like us giggle :)

Ate - American
Et - English

And off topic but 'says' is of course pronounced... 'sez' and the letter H is pronounced 'aitch' in English

dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/ate