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

[ScarySquirrel]

Ay-ch, unless you're a retard.

 

[Gilly]

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

No you won't, unless your teacher knows nothing.

 

[Solaris]

The letter 'H' should be pronounced as aiche, not haiche. The trouble is, a lot of people (both north and south and all inbetween) drop their H's for so many words (eg. "I live in an 'ouse"), they just presume that if anybody says 'aiche' that they too are dropping the 'h'. So it really boils down to ignorance and poor education. It gets passed down from parent to child that 'haiche' is correct - but it isn't.

 

[Gerard]

Hay-ch

Amusing thread btw considering the amount of English dialects that maul words.

 

[Hatter The Mad]

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

Umm.. no. You'd get taught to say 'aitch'. I know people who had elocution lessons.

 

[Kenai]

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

I'd get your money back if I were you, they were obviously **** poor lessons

 

[Solaris]

Umm.. no. You'd get taught to say 'aitch'. I know people who had elocution lessons.

I concur with this... If you we're taught otherwise I'd request a refund

 

[Priapus]

ay-ch (the correct way)

This.

 

[Psypher5]

aitch.

imo I've always found people who think they are better than they are (class snobbery) say hay-tch

Also, mom.

 

[jmc007]

No you won't, unless your teacher knows nothing.

Yes you will, how do you pronounce "Hello", "Height", "Hippopotomus"
The correct way is Hay'chi. /
Any other way is wrong.

 

[Gilly]

Yes you will, how do you pronounce "Hello", "Height", "Hippopotomus"
The correct way is Hay'chi. /
Any other way is wrong.

Well done on completely missing the point.

 

[Hatter The Mad]

Yes you will, how do you pronounce "Hello", "Height", "Hippopotomus"
The correct way is Hay'chi. /
Any other way is wrong.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H

 

[jmc007]

Breaking it down as already posted Ay, Bee, Cee, Dee, Eee, Eff, Gee, Hay'ch.
Anything less is lazy.
The queens English will pronounce Hay'chi.

 

[Hatter The Mad]

He's from Souf Manchester, wunt expect anyfing else tbh

 

[Gilly]

He even failed to spell Hippopotamus

Breaking it down as already posted Ay, Bee, Cee, Dee, Eee, Eff, Gee, Hay'ch.
Anything less is lazy.

No, anything less (as long as you are removing the erroneous h) will be correct

The queens English will pronounce Hay'chi.

Wrong. Also, where has your additional i come from, and why?

 

[Guerrilla]

Ay-ch, unless you're a retard.

Also, mom.

It's mam

 

[jmc007]

He even failed to spell Hippopotamus

My error sorry.
#Though in speaking BBC/queens english it is Hay'chi, trust me.
'ello, 'ello, 'ello.

 

[Psypher5]

The queens English will pronounce Hay'chi.

The queens english is also german. So therefore, wrong.

 

[JBuk]

Yes you will, how do you pronounce "Hello", "Height", "Hippopotomus"
The correct way is Hay'chi. /
Any other way is wrong.

Breaking it down as already posted Ay, Bee, Cee, Dee, Eee, Eff, Gee, Hay'ch.
Anything less is lazy.
The queens English will pronounce Hay'chi.

Quit while you're behind tbh

 

[krooton]

Do you Haitch-ers, pronounce the following:

Haitch-Tee-See
Haitch-Pee
Haitch-Arr

?