Ache or Hache.

[Thrill Yeti]

When you say the letter 'H' do you say Ache or Hache?

 

[AeRo]

Aitch for me.....Haytch just sounds dumb to me. but then it is all down to how you have been taught....tomato / tomaeto

 

[jack]

Aitch. I'm from Yorkshire what ya expect :lol:

 

[Scarlet]

"aitche" or whatever... Infact!

It was drummed into us so much in primary school, so it's just stayed that way.

And there's always the 'proper' old-fashioned english teachers that roam the library nowadays and make you feel bad for saying "haitch" ... So for my own conscience "aitche" loves it more.

 

[Richie]

What the hell.

The letter "H" makes a "huh" sound so why say the letter "H" with an A sound? Haitch is the way it should be said.

 

[Jake]

I say Hache, for the reason Richie said.

 

[Screaming Coasters]

Aitch is the proper pronunciation of the letter "H" so that?s how it stays for me.

See, I aint no Norf Lundun'a afta al innit!

 

[Richie]

There is a reason behind the letter W though. It is two U's in a row. UU.

 

[Ben]

I say them both.


But, it really depends what comes out my mouth at the time.

 

[LiveForTheLaunch]

When I say the letter "H", I pronounce it like "aych" due to the fact that it basically stresses my lungs and esophagus out when I say it "haytch". It just sounds completely retarded with my voice, or accent if you prefer to call it that.

So, "Aych".

 

[Anonymous]

Learnt it as "Aitch", so "Aitch" stays.

Simple as.

 

[Snoo]

Aitch. I didn't know there were different ways to say it in the English language... lol

 

[kir]

I say both, just like I pronounce Z both the American and English way. The Z problem is Sesame Street's fault. Don't know why I say both for the H though.

 

[Sam]

^ Because you are fit.


I say ache normally unless I'm spelling somthing out to somone in a sarcastic way..... then I say hache.

 

[Anonymous]

Aitch.

I just wouldn't feel right invoking haitch, Herbert.

 

[Matt N]

I pronounce this “Haitch”, for what it’s worth.

Although I guess it might depend on the context. If it were in the middle of a sentence, I might occasionally resort to “Aitch”.

 

[Howie]

It's 'aitch'.
Not even a matter of opinion, 'haitch' is just plain wrong, it's grammatically incorrect. Haitch does not appear in the dictionary because there is no such word.
It's aitch.

grammar haitch or aitch

The online resource on the English language

www.whichenglish.com

 

[Gazza]

There is a reason behind the letter W though. It is two U's in a row. UU.

I thought it was two V's in a row: VV

 

[Lori Marie Loud]

Aitch.

 

[Nitefly]

The correct answer is aitch.

But haitch is an understandable as having ‘h’ at the front of a word typically gives a ‘huh’ sound. So I have always found the correct pronunciation of the letter to be a little confusing.

… but I really have no idea what is going on with the silent ‘h’ in the Americanised pronunciation of herbs (“erbs”).