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alexchamberlain on Dec 18, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: I’m too lazy to be a HTML developer

Where are you from Dobbs? In Britain, 'H' should be pronounced ay-ch, but the vast majority of people get it wrong.

Dobbs on Dec 18, 2011 [–]

I have no idea where I get it from I'm half American, half British.

Looking it up on Wikipedia says that the standard is ay-ch while the non-standard is haitch (which is a better way of spelling what I meant).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H#Name_in_English

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