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"Haitch" is now so common in Australia it almost sounds normal, despite my years of trying to correct anyone using that pronunciation (insisting if they are goi
by wizofaus 3y ago
"Haitch" is now so common in Australia it almost sounds normal, despite my years of trying to correct anyone using that pronunciation (insisting if they are going to call it that, then it should also be 'feff', 'lell', 'mem' etc. - thankfully I never got as far as extrapolating to w-double u). I'm not sure I'll ever accept it as "correct" (whatever that means) but it is undoubtedly the way many people have learned to say it and are unlikely to change. The "'an' only before a vowel sound" rule seems to much more deeply wired in, so yeah, it would be "a http server" if you're a haitcher.