What does aitch mean?
Aitch means The name of the Latin script letter H/h..
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/ˈeɪt͡ʃ/ · noun
The name of the Latin script letter H/h..
The word hour is written with a silent aitch.
Cockneys drop their aitches.
The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch.
"If you've got any drawing-room manners, or a dislike to eating peas with a knife or dropping aitches, you'd better chuck 'em away. They ain't no further use."
She frowned, hearing Lim Cheng Po's voice, so English, so refined, so very English upper-class. And often she had had to tell Joe about his aitches.
Use aitch when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Aitch means The name of the Latin script letter H/h..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The word hour is written with a silent aitch.
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