"Haitch" on the BBC!

sorry phoenix it was an exasperated cleaner who used to say that to us as we attempted to get into our offices over her clean wet floowerr (in Devon)

Stupid, stupid iphone!

mcem
You would hear my 'floor' as 'flaw'

mcem
You would hear 'floor' as 'flaw'!

On the subject of pronouncing words, is it only me that wants to shake Bob Flowerdew on Gardeners Question Time, Radio 4,. for the way he says "grown" ( and various other words) he always seems to say "growen" with 2 syllables, rather than "grown" with one.

Jalima I actually read that as more Brummie than Devonian!

Jie sounds a bit Brummie to me - jie, kie

And floor should be floowerr as in ''ave yew stepped owverr moy noice clene floowerr?'
(Poor attempt at Devon!)

But juggernaut does your floor sound the same as my flore? Or does it round like florr-al ? Or would I hear it as flaw?

Yep, people say j to rhyme with tie round here (Argyll).

I think 'jie' is maybe a West coast thing. Not normally used in the east. I loathe it and always insisted on 'jay'.

GN is always a revelation, I have never in all my years even known that there was another way of pronouncing "J"

Penstemmon
I agree that some words have regional differences in pronunciation, such as lawndry/londry and raylway/ralway.
However, a chimney is always a chimney, there is no such thing as a 'chimbly'!
NanKate
I'm a northener, and I say 'floral' as in floor!
Elrel In my world, they're aLmonds!

My friend who originates from the North says floral (as in hot) and I say floral (as in floor). Must be a regional thing.

I've never heard 'j' pronounced as 'jie' - always 'jay'.

Of course, since the DGD have been learning to read, I realise that I have pronounced the alphabet wrongly all my life!

We taught j to rhyme with " die" in my school in West of Scotland.

I learned J as jie too. I always thought it was a Scots thing, or maybe certain areas of Scotland.

When teaching children in school I believe government guidelines suggest AITCH as the name of the letter H. Probably is regional too like chimney/chimbly, Lawndry/Londry, Ralway/Raylway, etc etc.

Almonds does seem to be generational! Did anyone else listening to The Archers omnibus hear Jill say 'almonds' to Kirsty who replied about the nut milk with 'aumond'!

Haitch is 'orrid. DH is Scots wildswan and has always pronounced J to rhyme with die. Always thought it was just a Scots thing of which there are many.

When I went to school we pronounced J as (jay) but now I hear a lot of young people saying J as ji (rhyming with die). When did that happen?

The correct pronunciation is 'aitch'!
'Haitch' is ridiculous and althouh it may be used by some 'intelligent' people, I think it makes them instantly appear ignorant!

I think Haitch is a mistake made my people who should know better or weren't corrected at school or by their parents. Perfect pronunciation is always better then the latest slang approved by the young. as soon as they need to go for an interview they will go back to saying aitch.

Phoenix that 'haitch' used to drive me mad too. But I've given up worrying about it.

With regard to aitch, I pronounce it as written. However, there us an aitch in my car reg number and I do tend to aspirate it when I'm booking it in for a service, only because on the 'phone it could be mistsken for A. That would apply to any H over the phone really. One pet hate is when people say an hotel. Or an historical event. We don't say an 'ospital or an 'ouse. Really don't get that.

I am also an aa-monds speaker and have to admit to saying fill-um. (N. Ireland)).