Haitch or aitch? How a humble letter was held hostage by historical haughtiness
- Written by Kate Burridge, Senior Fellow at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies and Professor of Linguistics, Monash University
"Aitch" or "Haitch"? It's long been a point of contestation among English speakers.Felicity Burke/The Conversastion with apologies to Dr. Suess
Like Dr. Seuss’ Star-Belly Sneetches and Plain-Belly Sneetches, there are two types of creatures — haitchers with H on their 8th letter name and aitchers with “none upon thars”.
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