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OP As a result of my recent post in I&A on the "Ambrose Bierce" thread, I am reminded of something that I have been meaning to ask you for a while, now.
When you are spelling a word out loud, how do you pronounce "H"?
I was brought up to say, "aitch," but I have noticed a rapidly growing tendency for people to pronounce it, "haitch." When I was young, such a pronunciation was a sign of ill-education, but I hear it now from people who are anything but badly educated.
I will admit to the logic of the second version (and the converse illogic, indeed) but I do have to say that it gates on my ear.
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