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When did aitch become haitch? 20:47 - Jan 12 with 1323 viewsMeadowlark

Answer: It didn't!!!!
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When did aitch become haitch? on 20:51 - Jan 12 with 1294 viewsPerublue

I absolutely hate that … and that’s hate with an Aitch…

Oh and Americans it’s Herbs not erbs …. Both these get my goat always have.
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When did aitch become haitch? on 20:52 - Jan 12 with 1294 viewsSitfcB


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When did aitch become haitch? on 20:54 - Jan 12 with 1269 viewsPerublue

When did aitch become haitch? on 20:52 - Jan 12 by SitfcB



Is that H from steps ?

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When did aitch become haitch? on 20:55 - Jan 12 with 1266 views_CliveBaker_

When did aitch become haitch? on 20:51 - Jan 12 by Perublue

I absolutely hate that … and that’s hate with an Aitch…

Oh and Americans it’s Herbs not erbs …. Both these get my goat always have.
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Animal psychologists really get my goat.
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When did aitch become haitch? on 21:09 - Jan 12 with 1197 viewsJohn_Warks_Willy

Thank god someone’s said it.

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When did aitch become haitch? on 21:19 - Jan 12 with 1159 viewsBigalhunter

Every individual I know, or have ever encountered, who uses this haitch nonsense, is utterly and irretrievably ignorant.

One of my daughter’s group of friends also insists on zee instead of zed, uses the words ‘like’ and ‘literally’ in excess of two hundred times on a 20 minute journey, all on top of the aforementioned atrocity.

On the Saturday evenings that it is my dubious privilege to retrieve them from whatever party they’ve been to, I seriously consider the feasibility of fitting an ejector seat, just for her…
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When did aitch become haitch? on 21:26 - Jan 12 with 1124 viewsnorth_stand77

When did aitch become haitch? on 20:54 - Jan 12 by Perublue

Is that H from steps ?


Habsolutely.

Really irritates me - some reporter said it on the Evening news tonight (haitch) - should know better.
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When did aitch become haitch? on 22:11 - Jan 12 with 1008 viewsRIPbobby

I have a west Indian friend who puts an h on front of most words.
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When did aitch become haitch? on 23:16 - Jan 12 with 923 viewsCafe_Newman

On a visit to Norn Iron in the late 90s, I learned that the pronunciation of H marked the religious difference between Protestants (aitch) and Catholics (haitch).
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When did aitch become haitch? on 23:39 - Jan 12 with 884 viewsMark

Have some people switched from aitch to haitch? They must have as I hear it all the time now!
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When did aitch become haitch? on 23:53 - Jan 12 with 861 viewsbournemouthblue

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When did aitch become haitch? on 00:01 - Jan 13 with 844 viewsvinceg

It's called a hypercorrection - someone's incorrect perception of how to apply a particular grammatical or pronunciation rule in an attempt to appear educated, whilst in fact giving the opposite impression to those that actually are.

Having worked in London a lot, I come across "haitch" iin England mostly amonsgst speakers of estuary English when they're spelling out a word where they usually end up dropping the flippin aitch anyway!

Give me a Suffolk accent any day bor.
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When did aitch become haitch? on 02:27 - Jan 13 with 704 viewsWacko

When did aitch become haitch? on 00:01 - Jan 13 by vinceg

It's called a hypercorrection - someone's incorrect perception of how to apply a particular grammatical or pronunciation rule in an attempt to appear educated, whilst in fact giving the opposite impression to those that actually are.

Having worked in London a lot, I come across "haitch" iin England mostly amonsgst speakers of estuary English when they're spelling out a word where they usually end up dropping the flippin aitch anyway!

Give me a Suffolk accent any day bor.


“Between you and I” is a classic case of hypercorrection by pseudo-intellectual people who don’t understand how to decline pronouns

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When did aitch become haitch? on 05:53 - Jan 13 with 610 viewsSwansea_Blue

When did aitch become haitch? on 20:54 - Jan 12 by Perublue

Is that H from steps ?


‘The Official Steps Musical’ is on in Cardiff, if that sort of thing floats your boat. It’s not for me; he’ll always be far more famous for this banger:

RIP to H from Steps


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When did aitch become haitch? on 06:05 - Jan 13 with 594 viewsPerublue

When did aitch become haitch? on 05:53 - Jan 13 by Swansea_Blue

‘The Official Steps Musical’ is on in Cardiff, if that sort of thing floats your boat. It’s not for me; he’ll always be far more famous for this banger:

RIP to H from Steps



I’d forgotten that classic photo .. now, is that in Ipswich or am I just getting my meme-ories confused ?

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When did aitch become haitch? on 07:37 - Jan 13 with 504 viewsSwansea_Blue

When did aitch become haitch? on 06:05 - Jan 13 by Perublue

I’d forgotten that classic photo .. now, is that in Ipswich or am I just getting my meme-ories confused ?


I’m not sure where it was from.

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When did aitch become haitch? on 08:15 - Jan 13 with 462 viewsHerbivore

When did aitch become haitch? on 20:51 - Jan 12 by Perublue

I absolutely hate that … and that’s hate with an Aitch…

Oh and Americans it’s Herbs not erbs …. Both these get my goat always have.
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Thank you, those dickheads are always getting my name wrong.

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When did aitch become haitch? on 10:00 - Jan 13 with 380 viewspedrail

When double-u became wubble-u
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When did aitch become haitch? on 10:29 - Jan 13 with 355 viewsbaxterbasics

When did aitch become haitch? on 21:19 - Jan 12 by Bigalhunter

Every individual I know, or have ever encountered, who uses this haitch nonsense, is utterly and irretrievably ignorant.

One of my daughter’s group of friends also insists on zee instead of zed, uses the words ‘like’ and ‘literally’ in excess of two hundred times on a 20 minute journey, all on top of the aforementioned atrocity.

On the Saturday evenings that it is my dubious privilege to retrieve them from whatever party they’ve been to, I seriously consider the feasibility of fitting an ejector seat, just for her…
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A couple of our kids cannot start any anecdote or explanation without starting: "Basically..."

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When did aitch become haitch? on 10:33 - Jan 13 with 347 viewslowhouseblue

also somethink rather than something.

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When did aitch become haitch? on 10:37 - Jan 13 with 340 viewsMeadowlark

When did aitch become haitch? on 10:33 - Jan 13 by lowhouseblue

also somethink rather than something.


One of my old (young) colleagues at work used to say "sunk" instead of "something!"
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When did aitch become haitch? on 10:41 - Jan 13 with 332 viewsOldFart71

Probably when Bodicea became Boodeeka.
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When did aitch become haitch? on 11:48 - Jan 13 with 273 viewsPhilsAngels

Psecifically not specifically
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When did aitch become haitch? on 11:49 - Jan 13 with 272 viewsHerbivore

When did aitch become haitch? on 11:48 - Jan 13 by PhilsAngels

Psecifically not specifically


Can you be more Pacific please?

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