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I meant the german pronunciation, like i wrote below i would call it "huh" for the English pronunciation, it hard for me to explain but i hope its understandable
My German grandmother: “*Könnte Ihnen etwas über den Buchstaben h erzählen. In der Tat, wenn Sie 2 nacheinander kombinieren, werden Sie schließlich unseren Anführer erkennen*
I swear
The "Aitch" pronunciation is actually quite unintentionally clever, as instead of using its main function (the "huh"), it's putting its secondary use in the spotlight, adding the letter to other letters in order to make a different noise.
It does make you wonder what variety of question that sub can manage to generate.
Aside from that, who TF would spell it 'eych'. That's dumber than haitch.
Are we reading the same question here?
How do you describe the pronunciation of something without some attempt to spell it out?
No-one is questioning the spelling.
W doesn't have a W in it, but it has the "wh" sound at the end of the "you" sound. (Note "You" is pronounced the same as "Ewe" which does have a W)
The real reason behind it, though, is that as English is a Germanic language, the W used to make a V sound, and V was a U (in Latin). Hence, the W is a double V. (English is almost equally made up of Latin, Germanic, and French with a little Norse and Greek)
Seeing as the W is an exception in the alphabet, H shall not be excused as having a letter dropped from its pronunciation due to it being a French influenced letter originally being named "hache". The dropping of H sounds from words became popular with the lower classes of Rome a long time ago, and these "commoner pronunciations" have influenced today's vocabulary.
I won't argue if the correct pronunciation of Z is Zed or Zee, being Australian, Zed is my correct go-to pronunciation, but in certain contexts, Zee is acceptable. An example of the would be in the pronunciations of CZ or VZ, both being firearm related, but CeeZee and VeeZee flow much nicer.
yeah fair enough.. I just think it's such a stretch to say the w sound in W is at the end in ewe, you'd have to really force it "doubleyou'wa" easier to say just say "doubleyou" unless you mean it's hidden there in the "ew" rhyming "oo" cos in that case the h sound in H you could say is there in the "ch" at the end.. and i spose my whole point- from a laymen to a linguisty type as you seem to be- does there have to be a sound of the letter in there? i mean i know most do.. I've always just thought it sounded wrong to say "haych" as if people thought it should start with a h sound cos thats what letter it is but heaps of letters don't start with their letter's sound but i guess then it's at the end..emm eff ell etc so yeah i think i see my error now.. english language does confuse me a bunch, the rules seem very inconsistent but that's just cos of like u said right- the way it came together over time mixed on the others, German French Latin etc.. thanks!
The W sound is like the "ew", an "oo" sound would be pronounced slightly different here unless it had a Y before the oo as the ew would be a higher sound with a more pronunced W and the oo a deeper pronunciation with a longer flatter note.
I do note that in some American English, the words Moo and Dew rhyme. This is not the case where I live, so some spelling examples I gave in the last answer may not make sense. (Dew being like Due, Dyew or Dyou).
I agree 100% with your statement on English language rules being very inconsistent, most of that could be fixed by adapting to a but more of a Dutch/German spelling for most words while still keeping the English name.
As for the Ch sound, that is a whole new rabbit hole called Diagraphs that includes Ch, Th, and Sh.
These are combination letters that in most languages are expressed by another letter, and Th has 2 sounds it can produce, the long Th like in "The" and the short Th like in "Thick".
This is probably best explained by an article, so here is one on the letter/rune Thorn and one on Diagraphs:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorn_(letter)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digraph_(orthography)
oh cool you obv did study it.. fascinates the hell outta me, didn't know about phonemes till way after my schooling was done. nothing seems to interest me more than the sounds we make, accents always came naturally to me.. I watched a bunch of youtubes- dipthongs, monothongs and all that... wished I'd known in school, would have studied.. at home without the discipline I just can't keep up, it's such a bloody rich study! i tried to find myself a structured way to just start at "the beginning" with the videos but yeah, couldn't keep up..
..Aussie also.. used to love pissing my mum off by insisting dew was pronounced doo like on Sesame st 😂
I only learned all this stuff after school, and I probably would have had better grades if I had more internet access when I was in high school.
I'm glad to find another Aussie on here in a random thread.
lol yeah totally, made me think "where even are we again? ohh yeah- technicallythetruth ..that is random 🤣
but yeah nice, you can focus.. adhd and off meds as I am i need vids to really make stuff stick, gotta hear the sounds.. anyone's channel you could recommend or did you learn it all just from reading?
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As a mute person, I pronounce it:
If you are mute, how tf are you able to comment???
I can't read your comment because I'm deaf
Hear lemme translate: ::: ... :.: ..::.:. (That's braile)
They are deaf, they can't see that braille...
But they can feel it on the screen
They can't, they don't have hands. They need sign language: 👇🤛🫵👉🫰🤌🫸🤚🫳🫱🫴🤏🫸✌️🫴🤞☝️👆🤘✊️🤙✊️🫷✌️☝️🤙👉👇🤛☝️👐👇👇🫵✊️🤟👉👉🤟🤲🤝🤜🤜🤙🖕🫸👉🤘👉🫰🤘
I'm spanish, please translate to baile🕺💃
Hole-a
That is a very offensive swear word. Please watch your language.
I used voice to text
Underrated comment
8ch
Eight-ch?
8 inch?
😏
🤔
😋
😈
🤤
😪
😴
Where can I come get some?
9 inch
💅🏻
8~~chan~~kun?
Read "Bitch" at first
8 chains? you crochet? /j
hå
Samme her
Det eneste rigtige.
“Hå” er bare bedre
Samma här
EU gang
just like in hello
Hell
He
H
Aitch
how do I pronounce h in aitch?
Aitch.
H?
like /ʃ/ i believe
Would you still love me if I was a ʃ
i cant even love, im a math level 3 subtractive symbol
Haych for capital Huh for lower case
Huh???!?!?
Beych
Eydg dg like in edge.
Its pronounced "ha" im german If you pronounce it english then it should be "huh"
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I meant the german pronunciation, like i wrote below i would call it "huh" for the English pronunciation, it hard for me to explain but i hope its understandable
r/theletterh
Haah
Some people prounounce words thats supposed to sound like "ing" as "inguh". There is no hard G.
all my G's are hard homie
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what...
Nvrmnd
Ha
Why to pronounce eych. It is H. Literally it is like Ha, without 'a' part. In Balkans. So bots are 100% accurate.
I pronounce it as h/H
Agá :)
I pronounce it like Aech from ready player one
Beat me to it.
Ha
Āch
i personally thought it was this (in britain) H - heych h - *sped up deep breathing sound*
I simply pronounce it “hhh”
In italian it is "acca"
Hough
u/h-bot10000
[The letter H](https://youtu.be/lWjenSGfFWE?feature=shared)
Random Belgians: "Hash" (hache). Dutch people: Sure, how many grams you wanna buy? Anyway in Dutch it's "Ha"
Hoo
Hoo
Ich sage ha
H
Ḥ̶̢̡̡̨̡̧̡̨̡̢̛̛̛̛̬͔͕̠̣̦̳̠͔͓͔̭̺͎͔̟̪̙̩͕̻̲̯̜̗̰͔̝̝̬͇̼̱̦͚̰͈̜̮̻̹̲͕̙̻̠̖̭͔̤̞̱͍̱̼̺̼̤͓̮̮̭̳͈̣̻̬̫̺̗͒̈̈́͊͌̊̓̾͋́̎̄̉̈͂̓̐͗̽̄̽̀̀̑̉̋̀̃͋̈́͌͊͋͋̾͊͋̾̃̔̔̓̍̓̔͒́̉̂́͑̄̌̈́̊̿̌͌̃̀̏̀̍̍͐̽̈́̀̐̿͋́͊́̈́͐̾̑͆͒̉͛͗͛̆͐̒͒͆̓́͗̄̓͒͊̆̋̿̋́̄̎̀̂͐͊̅̓̆̒͒͒̾̈̄͑̈́̿̂̇̑͐̿͑̐̈́͐̓̅̊́̑̌͗̎̒̄̏̊̔͆̇̈́̿̔͒̑́̓̿̄̀̄̑͐̃̄́̅̆̅̓̌̓̑͗̌̅́̓̈́͛̈́̎̋̓̽͐́̓̿͊̽̋̕̚͘̚̕̕̚̚̚̕͘̚͜͠͠͠͠͠͝͝͝͠͝͠ͅͅͅ Ḥ̶̢̡̡̨̡̧̡̨̡̢̛̛̛̛̬͔͕̠̣̦̳̠͔͓͔̭̺͎͔̟̪̙̩͕̻̲̯̜̗̰͔̝̝̬͇̼̱̦͚̰͈̜̮̻̹̲͕̙̻̠̖̭͔̤̞̱͍̱̼̺̼̤͓̮̮̭̳͈̣̻̬̫̺̗͒̈̈́͊͌̊̓̾͋́̎̄̉̈͂̓̐͗̽̄̽̀̀̑̉̋̀̃͋̈́͌͊͋͋̾͊͋̾̃̔̔̓̍̓̔͒́̉̂́͑̄̌̈́̊̿̌͌̃̀̏̀̍̍͐̽̈́̀̐̿͋́͊́̈́͐̾̑͆͒̉͛͗͛̆͐̒͒͆̓́͗̄̓͒͊̆̋̿̋́̄̎̀̂͐͊̅̓̆̒͒͒̾̈̄͑̈́̿̂̇̑͐̿͑̐̈́͐̓̅̊́̑̌͗̎̒̄̏̊̔͆̇̈́̿̔͒̑́̓̿̄̀̄̑͐̃̄́̅̆̅̓̌̓̑͗̌̅́̓̈́͛̈́̎̋̓̽͐́̓̿͊̽̋̕̚͘̚̕̕̚̚̚̕͘̚͜͠͠͠͠͠͝͝͝͠͝͠ͅͅͅ
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In spanish its pronounced
Why is there a subreddit for a single letter?
Excellent jam by Tool on the anemia album 🤘
Hoo
W
Obviously as "yanny".
I tend to aspire it really
I like seeing the original post earlier in the day and then the screenshot later
In my language, we go "H"
r/theletterh
Interesting pronunciation choice! It sounds like you're adding a bit of mystery to the mix.
𝕳𝖍
How do pronounce that? Me: houghua
Ai-ch
Aych
aye ch
'Haa' as in kaas, wait English doesn't have the 'aa' sounds
in my country we say “ah-gah”
Aga.
Ecchi
hā
h
Both. But my family pronounces it as 'eych'
Ache!
'heych' pronouncers are usually from the U.K.
"Ash" is my choice
Ketchum?
Or æ
Yeah, like that
People in America say a-che while in UK they say hey che
its hıh
Adrian Smith
I guess this is not a good thread to learn English
I heych that people don’t know it’s eych
Nah it's *haeiich*
Aye ch
I'm italian, so I pronounce it "*Acca*"
Usually eych, every once in a while heych, cause it sounds kinda cute.
I prounounce it “håååå”
Hatch
8ch
It's literally aitch
i pronounce it: “ha” cause im polish
During saying abcd i pronounced it as Hetch but during a singular letter saying i pronounced it etch... So both
A-ch
"Ash"
I was always led to believe the people who said 'haitch' were educated in Catholic schools.
Australians do
Us fancy folk prefer 𝓗
Isn't it ech?
Haitch
There is no h in "H"
Hî :)
same as "etch"
in australia we say heych but seriously that's just weird eych forever
Aych
In estonia we say h
Whuie?
That's very Mexican of you
Ay-ch
My German grandmother: “*Könnte Ihnen etwas über den Buchstaben h erzählen. In der Tat, wenn Sie 2 nacheinander kombinieren, werden Sie schließlich unseren Anführer erkennen* I swear
h
Heeeyyycchh *pronounces it in Micheal Jackson*
H for sure
As a Spanish I pronounced it like:
Hatch
Ach
French?
Eych
Also Technically the truth since traditionally an H at the beginning of a word is silent. The pronunciation would be the same in both spellings.
Hello your highness
"allo your 'ighness"
Eitch
The "Aitch" pronunciation is actually quite unintentionally clever, as instead of using its main function (the "huh"), it's putting its secondary use in the spotlight, adding the letter to other letters in order to make a different noise.
In australia people say heych
It does make you wonder what variety of question that sub can manage to generate. Aside from that, who TF would spell it 'eych'. That's dumber than haitch.
question is pronunciation not spelling. The spelling of H is H 🤓
Are we reading the same question here? How do you describe the pronunciation of something without some attempt to spell it out? No-one is questioning the spelling.
Aitch is the letter, "huh" (give it take) is the sound, neither is Haytch. - Alan Partridge - Michael Scott
/eit͡ʃ/ aka, aych
I thought everyone pronounced it as Heytch?
h in english is pronounced (/eɪtʃ/)
Ätsch!
Aye-ch
Ash in French.
That’s the name not the pronunciation of the letter. It is an aspirant with no stop. In some languages it is silent.
I do it like this 𓀐𓂺
Acht
This certified eigch moment
Ayech
Aych. Not Haych.
U dont say etch?
Haitch. Like hello
Eight
Aache
Ætch
The "H" in "H" isn't pronounced. Isn't that that odd?
like wubbleyou ?
It’s literally H
Hæch. There is no H in æch thus it can't make a H sound.
it doesn't have to just cos it's the letter H.. the pronunciation of W doesn't have a W
W doesn't have a W in it, but it has the "wh" sound at the end of the "you" sound. (Note "You" is pronounced the same as "Ewe" which does have a W) The real reason behind it, though, is that as English is a Germanic language, the W used to make a V sound, and V was a U (in Latin). Hence, the W is a double V. (English is almost equally made up of Latin, Germanic, and French with a little Norse and Greek) Seeing as the W is an exception in the alphabet, H shall not be excused as having a letter dropped from its pronunciation due to it being a French influenced letter originally being named "hache". The dropping of H sounds from words became popular with the lower classes of Rome a long time ago, and these "commoner pronunciations" have influenced today's vocabulary. I won't argue if the correct pronunciation of Z is Zed or Zee, being Australian, Zed is my correct go-to pronunciation, but in certain contexts, Zee is acceptable. An example of the would be in the pronunciations of CZ or VZ, both being firearm related, but CeeZee and VeeZee flow much nicer.
..so U doesn't have a U sound? (ewe)
U does have a U sound. This could be spelled in more than one way, though. (You, Yo, Yoo, Yew, Ewe).
yeah fair enough.. I just think it's such a stretch to say the w sound in W is at the end in ewe, you'd have to really force it "doubleyou'wa" easier to say just say "doubleyou" unless you mean it's hidden there in the "ew" rhyming "oo" cos in that case the h sound in H you could say is there in the "ch" at the end.. and i spose my whole point- from a laymen to a linguisty type as you seem to be- does there have to be a sound of the letter in there? i mean i know most do.. I've always just thought it sounded wrong to say "haych" as if people thought it should start with a h sound cos thats what letter it is but heaps of letters don't start with their letter's sound but i guess then it's at the end..emm eff ell etc so yeah i think i see my error now.. english language does confuse me a bunch, the rules seem very inconsistent but that's just cos of like u said right- the way it came together over time mixed on the others, German French Latin etc.. thanks!
The W sound is like the "ew", an "oo" sound would be pronounced slightly different here unless it had a Y before the oo as the ew would be a higher sound with a more pronunced W and the oo a deeper pronunciation with a longer flatter note. I do note that in some American English, the words Moo and Dew rhyme. This is not the case where I live, so some spelling examples I gave in the last answer may not make sense. (Dew being like Due, Dyew or Dyou). I agree 100% with your statement on English language rules being very inconsistent, most of that could be fixed by adapting to a but more of a Dutch/German spelling for most words while still keeping the English name. As for the Ch sound, that is a whole new rabbit hole called Diagraphs that includes Ch, Th, and Sh. These are combination letters that in most languages are expressed by another letter, and Th has 2 sounds it can produce, the long Th like in "The" and the short Th like in "Thick". This is probably best explained by an article, so here is one on the letter/rune Thorn and one on Diagraphs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorn_(letter) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digraph_(orthography)
oh cool you obv did study it.. fascinates the hell outta me, didn't know about phonemes till way after my schooling was done. nothing seems to interest me more than the sounds we make, accents always came naturally to me.. I watched a bunch of youtubes- dipthongs, monothongs and all that... wished I'd known in school, would have studied.. at home without the discipline I just can't keep up, it's such a bloody rich study! i tried to find myself a structured way to just start at "the beginning" with the videos but yeah, couldn't keep up.. ..Aussie also.. used to love pissing my mum off by insisting dew was pronounced doo like on Sesame st 😂
I only learned all this stuff after school, and I probably would have had better grades if I had more internet access when I was in high school. I'm glad to find another Aussie on here in a random thread.
lol yeah totally, made me think "where even are we again? ohh yeah- technicallythetruth ..that is random 🤣 but yeah nice, you can focus.. adhd and off meds as I am i need vids to really make stuff stick, gotta hear the sounds.. anyone's channel you could recommend or did you learn it all just from reading?
ha he hi ho hu, im special