No, because the pronunciation of the name of the letter has nothing to do with the pronunciation of the letter in a word. Do you try and pronounce all words starting with W as if it started with a D?
Poll: Pronouncing the letter 'H': hay-ch or ay-ch
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No, because the pronunciation of the name of the letter has nothing to do with the pronunciation of the letter in a word. Do you try and pronounce all words starting with W as if it started with a D?
We aren't talking about how the 'H' in a word containing the letter 'H' is pronounced, we are talking about how you say the letter as per the alphabet.
On it's own, describing the name of the letter.
Listen, please accept you're wrong.
C is pronounced see, but it becomes a hard sound in words like Can, you don't pronounce can "San", do you?
Y is pronounced wi, but you don't prounounce "yes" wyes, do you?
There are so many more examples to prove you wrong, but I hope this suffices
No.
The ay'chers are trying to pronounce a silent form of the letter, which is not possible.
Jeez, go back to school already.
'aitch' and 'here'
Just the same as I wouldn't call a yacht a whyacht, the way you say the letter on its own is entirely unrelated to the way in which it sounds and is used in a word.
Here is Sesame Street to show you all how to do it - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alEz1TWLJXU
If you were to say HTML, the correct way is 'aitch tee em el' not 'haitch tee em el'
*facepalm*
Words starting with the letter 'H' can be be both with it audible (help) or silent (heir).
The letter on it's own is pronounced without the 'hu' infliction, them's the rules.
Christ. How wrong can you be? No-one is saying that.
We are simply saying the correct way of pronouncing h as a standalone letter is aitch, not haitch. That cannot be argued, unless you are a *****.
Stop being a cloth eared ignoramus, you're completely missing the point and are completely wrong. Listen to Gilly.
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no, nobody is trying to pronounce a silent form of a letter, that is impossible, as you can't pronounce something that is silent.
Dude, it's pronounced aitch, trust me. I don't mean to boast, but when I was 5, I was a child prodigy
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Here is Sesame Street to show you all how to do it - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alEz1TWLJXU
English show please.
As I already said "H" has a sound, use it or not.
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