Poll: Pronouncing the letter 'H': hay-ch or ay-ch

[Gilly]

hay-ch, because it's got an 'h' in it

Ay-ch, because it only has one ay-ch in it.

 

["andy"]

“ay-ch”, the other way is for the “innit” brigade.

that sounds backwards to me ? saying ay-ch makes it sound lazy

a b c d e f g aych doesnt sound right :/ silly southerners

 

[Bennie-Mac]

ay-ch, the correct way, thank you

 

[Gilly]

a b c d e f g aych doesnt sound right :/

Yes it does. It does, because it is right.

 

[JBuk]

that sounds backwards to me ? saying ay-ch makes it sound lazy

a b c d e f g aych doesnt sound right :/ silly southerners

It's nothing to do with being southern, the country is full of thick people that can't pronounce it correctly

 

[Laney88]

hay-ch!

 

[The Dread Pirate]

Ah Buh Cuh Duh Eh Fuh Guh Huh Ih Juh Kuh Luh Muh Nuh O puh qwuh ruh suh tuh uh vuh wuh ks yuh zuh

t'is pronounced huh

 

[Ricochet J]

ay bee see dee ee eff jee haych eye jay kay el em en oh pee que are ess tee you vee doubleyou ecks why zed.

 

[Duke]

Reminds me of

 

[Dan.m]

Ay-ch does sound like it belongs to people who are lazy or pronounce water without the T.

That said im lazy and have always said it like that.

 

[Belmit]

Really? So what about the other letters that "suffer" from the same problem?

Exactly, the teaching method is poor. A rule shouldn't be applied to something to teach it if it can't be applied in the same way to the rest of them. Plus you can tell a kid that c is pronounced 'ker' as in cat right up until it has an 's' sound in a word.

 

[Hatter The Mad]

Exactly, the teaching method is poor. A rule shouldn't be applied to something to teach it if it can't be applied in the same way to the rest of them. Plus you can tell a kid that c is pronounced 'ker' as in cat right up until it has an 's' sound in a word.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_phonics#History_in_the_United_Kingdom

Shortly after the Labour Government came to power in 1997, Synthetic Phonics was largely abandoned in favour of Analytical Phonics. After a damning official review this decision was eventually reversed and as of 2007 Synthetic Phonics is the favoured method of the UK government. [1][2].

 

[Dj_Jestar]

ay-ch (the correct way)

 

[bledd]

Not really - more like a generation thing. It seems to go hand in hand with lazy pronunciations of other words, like buh'er instead of butter.

Whilst I know (now) that hay-ch is incorrect, it's a bit over reactive to think that everyone that says it like that is a ***** that cannot talk properly?

 

[Hatter The Mad]

Whilst I know (now) that hay-ch is incorrect, it's a bit over reactive to think that everyone that says it like that is a ***** that cannot talk properly?

It isn't a regional thing. It is a national thing, and the correct wait in British and American English is 'aitch'. Less than a quarter of Brits don't pronounce it correctly.

The haitch/aitch is not discriminated by region - it is more discriminated by age, socioeconomic background etc, according to the Longman Pronunciation Dictionary.

*shrug*

 

[bledd]

I must be a ***** then , damn

 

[Hxc]

ay-ch. Hay-ch annoys me.

 

[mrk]

It's a regional thing. When I was in school in Stoke-On-Trent we were taught it without a silent "h".

It's as this user on usingenglish said:

The correct way I was taught & my Mum says (who was a head teacher - now 78) - also the Queen says 'aitch' I think the problem comes from recent education when the children are taught the 'phoneme' way of pronouncing letters.... 'huh' for house... so then they say 'haitch' instead... However it may also be a regional dialect thing!! My Mum was from Yorks, at work the guys are from SW England say 'haitch' I am always correcting my 9yr old twins to say 'aitch' but they swear I am wrong! Hey Ho!!

 

[Swifty55]

I ate it wen people don't talk proper englich!

 

[jmc007]

Go to any elocution lessons and you will be taught to say hay'ch.