tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690110675685389513.post5019121165912527216..comments2024-03-27T21:54:06.467-07:00Comments on Wordlady: The Queen and her hairsKatherine Barberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775090067364948963noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690110675685389513.post-50787148710976919362015-11-22T08:07:09.477-08:002015-11-22T08:07:09.477-08:00"haitch" is a pronunciation that is comm..."haitch" is a pronunciation that is commonly found in Ireland and areas of Irish settlement/influence. In Australia too you can distinguish the Catholics from the Protestants by how they pronounce "H": the former "haitch", the latter "aitch". I didn't know this was also true of Montreal.<br />Katherine Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06775090067364948963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690110675685389513.post-83537210608257913242015-11-22T06:29:28.992-08:002015-11-22T06:29:28.992-08:00It has always been perfectly normal then that some...It has always been perfectly normal then that some people pronounce the “h” in Montreal, at least. In the days of confessional schools, Montreal had two English public school boards – a Protestant one and a Catholic one. The Catholic schools had students primarily from the Irish and Italian communities. Anyone who came out of the English Catholic system pronounces the silent “h”. When spelling out something, they pronounce the letter “haitch”. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690110675685389513.post-1425848738105989652015-11-21T11:24:07.356-08:002015-11-21T11:24:07.356-08:00in some (rather old-fashioned) dialects of British...in some (rather old-fashioned) dialects of British English 'hotel' and sometimes 'hospital' may be pronounced with a silent 'h' as well.ellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13036209994244477176noreply@blogger.com