What! > No good purpose is served by "haitch".< I had aitch banged into me at school but I say Haitch when spelling out a word, especially on the phone. That is surely one good purpose. Bob T On 5 January 2012 14:46, Ken Randall <kenneth_james_randall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > "Aitch" is definitely correct. It is in the majority in both age groups > cited. In other > English-speaking countries only "aitch" is acceptable, a fact which should > be > taken into account since English is the international language. No good > purpose is > served by "haitch". > > --- >