Aitch
//ˈeɪt͡ʃ//
"Aitch" in a Sentence (5 examples)
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.
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