When was the letter H

[mattviatura]

Officially dropped from the word 'with'?

Grr

bds

[Steamer]

It was stolen by posh people that put it infront of the word egg, as in:

'One likes one's (h)eggs runny in the middle'.

[GilbertGrape]

Erbs. Now that's annoying.

[paulmurr]

GilbertGrape said:

Erbs. Now that's annoying.

Grips my tits that one.

[Matt Evans]

GilbertGrape said:

Erbs. Now that's annoying.

Oh aye. "Erbal Essences"

[Cupramax]

mattviatura said:

When was the letter H

More to the point, when did it become Haitch!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHH, even the BBC are doing it. Just stop it, there is no H in aitch.

[Hugo a Gogo]

aitc, then?

[AB]

Cupramax said:

mattviatura said:

When was the letter H

More to the point, when did it become Haitch!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHH, even the BBC are doing it. Just stop it, there is no H in aitch.

I saw the post and assumed this would be the subject. Then I decided as it wasn't I was going to have a rant. You beat me to it.

[ProfessorPeach]

I think we just have to accept that over time, a wave of dumbos has changed the pronunciation to "haitch".

Language is a dynamic medium, after all.

Next, they will start pronouncing "S" as "sess".

And "F" as "feff".

[mattviatura]

I don't like haitch either, but that's been done to death...

My point is when did WITH become WIT???

Why???

[mattviatura]

In fact you've got me started now. My registration starts with the letter H, I've had service receptionists correct my pronunciation to haitch.

Grrr

Edited by mattviatura on Wednesday 10th February 11:31

[fulham911club]

mattviatura said:

I don't like haitch either, but that's been done to death...

My point is when did WITH become WIT???

Why???

Has it really or are you just bored and looking for something to say? I can't remember the last time (or indeed the first time) someone dropped the "H" from "with".

[theaxe]

WIT? Not sure I've heard that. I've heard something like WID or WIV.

On being incorrectly corrected, I once had a waiter try to tell me that Moet was pronounced 'Mowayyy'.

[Merp]

fk you all

[sunbeam_alpine]

Matt Evans said:

GilbertGrape said:

Erbs. Now that's annoying.

Oh aye. "Erbal Essences"

I remember a Sandhurst RSM who used the letter H at random.

He would have said "Erbal Hessences".

Except that I can't imagine that word combination ever coming out of his mouth!

[cazzer]

Erbs is american.

As eloquently pointed out by Mr Izzard.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hJQsvoY6VU

[Asterix]

ProfessorPeach said:

Language is a dynamic medium, after all.

Why did I have an image of Mystic Meg doing roundhouses when I read that...

[Doofus]

theaxe said:

On being incorrectly corrected, I once had a waiter try to tell me that Moet was pronounced 'Mowayyy'.

Corrected from what? It's not pronounced "Moat", is it?

[BarRefaeli]

Doofus said:

theaxe said:

On being incorrectly corrected, I once had a waiter try to tell me that Moet was pronounced 'Mowayyy'.

Corrected from what? It's not pronounced "Moat", is it?

Mo-ette

[Doofus]

BarRefaeli said:

Doofus said:

theaxe said:

On being incorrectly corrected, I once had a waiter try to tell me that Moet was pronounced 'Mowayyy'.

Corrected from what? It's not pronounced "Moat", is it?

Mo-ette

Oh. Ta. That was news to me.

I drink Heidsieck...