atw: Haitch or Aitch?
- From: "Robert Levy" <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 12:47:38 +1100
I'm editing a doc where the writer referred to "a HTML file."
Both haitch and aitch pronunciations are permitted in Macquarie (though
haitch is first). This has probably come up many times on this list, but I
don't remember it.
The Cambridge Guide to Australian English Usage says that a survey in 2000
found that: "43% of younger people (under 25 years) were prepared to say
that they used "haitch", but only 6% of those 65 and over."
Any thoughts?
rwl
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