Is it Aich or Haich?
Is it Aich or Haich?
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When talking with different folks who need to call an alpha-numeric sequence, some will pronounce the capital letter H Haich and others Aich .
I'm quite used to the different pronounciation, just curious if it's the same in other parts. I reckon where I live, in Australia, it is pretty much an even split.
I'm quite used to the different pronounciation, just curious if it's the same in other parts. I reckon where I live, in Australia, it is pretty much an even split.





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I've heard "Haich" from some Irish people.
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Ironically, she sometimes uses a silent 'H' when normally you would pronounce it, so instead of saying "human", she says "you-man".
My brother and I knew not to say anything about it, unless we wanted an earful of Italian curses...
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ivymike said I had an irish co-worker who said haich - I asked him about it one day, and he said he had never noticed that we were saying anything different...
A perception rather than anything else, but come to think of it, Irish seem to avoid the "th" sound. "t" as in tuh, and "h" as in huh but no "th" as in Thursday, or th, as in "t'ere you have it". If as kids they were taught not to pronounce H as Aich, it was too hard to pronounce Thursday as TuhHuh-ursday. So in this instance, a silent H.
In Australia, imo, it's safe to assume those who pronounce H Haich, are probably Roman Catholic or were educated at a RC educational institution. Its also imo safe to assume that people of Irish extraction still run the RC church in Australia and likewise the RC educational institutions. Roman Catholics account for roughly 40% of our population.
As an aside, I was Christened Church of England and taught to say H as Aich, attended a Methodist school and at nine years age, watched with horror a new classmate roundly chastised for pronouncing H as Haich.
My wife of 35 years is Roman Catholic and pronounces H as Haich, We remain entrenched with our different opinions on this and neither are gonna change.
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"...and we have herb, pronounced Herb, because there's a f*ing Haitch in it."
Anytime you want a lovely look at pronounciation, go find 'Dressed to Kill' - simply hilarious.
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When my wife and I used to speak English (that was just before the invention of the wheel), she used to upset me by telling me all of a sudden she was angry, until 5 minutes later I found out she meant hungry.
justkeepgivinger, "instead of saying "human", she says "you-man"" - are there other ways to say human?
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http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-her1.htm
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Your body may be a temple. Mine is an amusement park...
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That's a a really nice air cut you have.
Then she says, then I says, then she says, etc.
That gets me everytime.
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"Your husband has been such a prominent public figure, such a presence on the French and international scene for so many years! How quiet retirement will seem in comparison. What are you most looking forward to in these retirement years?"
"A penis," replied Aline.
A huge hush fell over the table. Everyone heard her answer... and no one knew what to say next.
Le Grand Jean leaned over to his wife and said, "Ma cherie, I believe de English pronounce dat word,... 'appiness!'"
MERRY CHRISTMAS
(Unabashedly Politically Incorrect)
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