atw: Re: Haitch or Aitch?
- From: Janice Gelb <janice.gelb@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:36:40 +1100
On 5/01/12 03:15 PM, Kate Morris wrote:
There is a very good description of the origin/prevalence on the ABC
Can We Help - Wise Words site:
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/canwehelp/txt/s2350111.htm
I'm not going to argue with Kate Burridge :-)
I find it interesting that she says "It is also how the French words we now
pronounce as ‘herb’ and ‘hotel’ got their ‘h’ too." In the US, most people
say "erb" not "herb" :->
-- Janice
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