How do you pronounce the letter "h"

CorkMan

I'm pronounce it like "Hay-ch". It is the same as the word "z". I pronounce it "zed", not "zee".

Valentina

"Haitch"

losthorizon

Please wait for slovak

chin_grin

CorkMan wrote: »

Please wait for poll.

Oooooh I'm moist with anticipation.

Cill Dara Abu

Good Lord, the threads are slowly getting worse

chin_grin

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055815809

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Wolflikeme

Who fcukin' says 'aych' like they're American!? :mad:

Yes, the little things both please me immensely and irritate the hell out of me!

af_thefragile

Like H.

4leto

I generally don't as my English friend informed me

Three is tree
Thought is taught
Thrive is trive
etc

I think or tink its a Dublin thing or ting

Jimoslimos

Hotel - to avoid confusion

Latchy

After a few pints and shorts it's ' Heeeshush '' hic

J. Marston

Hay-ch.

Superbus

With a silent h.

joshrogan

Mostly non-native english speakers pronounce h ay-ch from my experiences.

Where To

Nigel

Jimoslimos

4leto wrote: »

I generally don't as my English friend informed me

Three is tree
Thought is taught
Thrive is trive
etc

I think or tink its a Dublin thing or ting

Yeah I've had this pointed out as well but I generally retort that the English are fond of omitting the 'h' sound when its at the front of a word (surely a more important place!)

'arry
'allo
'ead

chin_grin

Oh look!

later12

I've always said 'aytch' as per

British English dictionaries give aytch as the standard pronunciation for the letter H. However, the pronunciation haytch is also attested as a legitimate variant. We also do not ask broadcasters who naturally say haytch to change their pronunciation but if a broadcaster contacted to ask us, we would tell them that aytch is regarded as the standard pronunciation in British English, people can feel very strongly about this and this pronunciation is less likely to attract audience complaints.

However, interestingly (well, relatively speaking...)

Haytch is a standard pronunciation in Irish English and is increasingly being used by native English-speaking people all across the country, irrespective of geographical provenance or social standing.

So it seems that Hiberno English dictates that 'haytch' is the correct pronunciation, but it's 'aytch' under the British English version.

One to watch out for there, Keith the Unionist.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11642588

Wolflikeme

later10 wrote: »

I've always said 'aytch' as per



However, interestingly (well, relatively speaking...)



So it seems that Hiberno English dictates that 'haytch' is the correct pronunciation, but it's 'aytch' under the British English version.

One to watch out for there, Keith the Unionist.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11642588

Hmmm...I'm suspicious - nobody every first learns how to pronounce something but looking it up. If you're Irish and went to school here (or anywhere outside NA) it's 'haytch', otherwise you've changed it to the American sounding way for some pretentious reason and are trying to justify it here on boards.

I'm on to you!

westendgirlie

It's aytch!

Another one that gets to me is hotel. The correct thing to say would be an 'otel (silent H) not a hotel

Richard

later10 wrote: »

I've always said 'aytch' as per



However, interestingly (well, relatively speaking...)



So it seems that Hiberno English dictates that 'haytch' is the correct pronunciation, but it's 'aytch' under the British English version.

One to watch out for there, Keith the Unionist.
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It's funny you should say that, because despite having similar accents and speech mannerisms, Protestants in NI usually say aitch, whilsts Catholics say haitch.

It's a way to tell what 'sort' a person is,believe it or not.
Not sure if southern Prods follow the patterns of their Northern counterparts but they may well not.

later12

Wolflikeme wrote: »

Hmmm...I'm suspicious - nobody every first learns how to pronounce something but looking it up. If you're Irish and went to school here (or anywhere outside NA) it's 'haytch', otherwise you've changed it to the American sounding way for some pretentious reason and are trying to justify it here on boards.

I'm on to you!

I'm the most anti Americanisms person I know, so it isn't anything to do with that. Both my parents who grew up in the 40s and 50s say 'aytch', so I'm guessing it's an older Irish thing, perhaps. Lots of Irish people say 'atch', there's nothing pretentious about it.

Saruman

Wolflikeme wrote: »

Who fcukin' says 'aych' like they're American!? :mad:

My wife for one, but then again, she is American
Always fuel for a light hearted argument on pronunciation and spelling differences.

It's Aluminium ffs not aluminum

lisa_celtic

hay-chhhhhhhhhhh

RacoonQueen

Now do the letter 'r'

westendgirlie

Arrrrrggggghhhhh

later12

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Now do the letter 'r'

it's wasbewwy, wight?

af_thefragile

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Now do the letter 'r'

Its loike aore...roysh?

tolosenc

It's always been aitch for h and ar for r. Basically the UK, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India and all other English speaking countries say it one way, yet Irish people insiste that everyone else is wrong.

It's a hyper-correction based on the assumption that letter names correspond to their sounds. They need not.

Saila

phyy-yynllllll

Jimoslimos

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Now do the letter 'r'

I'd always pronounce it 'or' leading to much misunderstanding and questions such as "wha....you mean like eeyore?"

Everyone else says "arrr", which doesn't work for me. Again I'll use NATO alphabet for spelling over the phone

raveni

Some people take it all a little too seriously.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c13fdSP80IY

4leto

Jimoslimos wrote: »

Yeah I've had this pointed out as well but I generally retort that the English are fond of omitting the 'h' sound when its at the front of a word (surely a more important place!)

'arry
'allo
'ead

LOL
That is true, but I never noticed, I will steal your retort

wolfpawnat

chin_grin wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055815809

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I think it is worse that you remember that!!!

Why do people say aytch is american, it is british no?
I say haytch anyway

and "or" :pac:

westendgirlie

bluewolf wrote: »

Why do people say aytch is american, it is british no?
I say haytch anyway

and "or" :pac:

It is British. When learning the alphabet song you pronounce it Aitch. When you get to end British say zee and Americans say zed.

Mike 1972

Richard wrote: »

It's funny you should say that, because despite having similar accents and speech mannerisms, Protestants in NI usually say aitch, whilsts Catholics say haitch.

How are atheists supposed to pronounce it ?

I didnt get the memo.

Penfailed

Richard wrote: »

It's funny you should say that, because despite having similar accents and speech mannerisms, Protestants in NI usually say aitch, whilsts Catholics say haitch.

Yep - that's how it works...it's a bit odd really.

shannon_tek

4leto wrote: »

I generally don't as my English friend informed me

Three is tree
Thought is taught
Thrive is trive
etc

I think or tink its a Dublin thing or ting

free
fought
frive

Saruman

westendgirlie wrote: »

When you get to end British say zee and Americans say zed.

No they don't, you have that backwards, well actually i'm not sure what the British say but American's I am sure of. We say zed and they say zee. Trust me. I say zed, I'm Irish. My American wife says zee.

BBDBB

Richard wrote: »

It's funny you should say that, because despite having similar accents and speech mannerisms, Protestants in NI usually say aitch, whilsts Catholics say haitch.

It's a way to tell what 'sort' a person is,believe it or not.
Not sure if southern Prods follow the patterns of their Northern counterparts but they may well not.

ha! thats the way to rebel!

'it em where it 'urts!

BBDBB

Mike 1972 wrote: »

How are atheists supposed to pronounce it ?

I didnt get the memo.

with some feckin reverence!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fizman

CorkMan wrote: »

I'm pronounce it like "Hay-ch". It is the same as the word "z". I pronounce it "zed", not "zee".

Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead.

gargleblaster

I've heard many Indian people say 'haitch' so I'm used to that, but I've never heard anyone pronounce 'r' like 'or'.

westendgirlie

Saruman wrote: »

No they don't, you have that backwards, well actually i'm not sure what the British say but American's I am sure of. We say zed and they say zee. Trust me. I say zed, I'm Irish. My American wife says zee.

Sshhhh you! I'm from London. Of course I have no idea what I'm talking about. I don't even remember what school I went to let alone what I learnt there!

But I have a sweet smile see ---->

Gamer Bhoy 89

I'm Scottish so "ay-ch" is the way I've said it for years. But I've sometimes said "hay-ch" since I moved here funnily enough. I think the Irish twang is nearly hitting me :P

EDIT: We say "J" alot different to people here aswell. Irish and Americans pronounce it as "Jay" as far as I know.
Us Scots say "Ja-ee / Jie / Jy" (you get the drift lol)

Helix

it used to be haytch, but after more than 2 years in canada with people looking at me funny when i said it, ive started to notice that aytch is slipping into my vocabulary more and more

starlit

For 'H' I use 'hay-che!' Though I use both 'zee' and 'zed' for 'z'. If saying the alphabet I say 'zee' if saying the letter 'z' in general like I say 'zed'.

'Now I know my abc next time won't you sing with me!'

Ickle Magoo

aitch for H - and zed for Z....

And jai for J.