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Hate it. Fairly widespread in my experience of West Island.<br><br>
What is more annoying is the insistence on prouncing the L in Norfolk or Holmes.<br><br>
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Remember: those people in the UK are the ones your weird vowels base themselves on.</p></blockquote>
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What's the source of rhe Aussie accent? Recessive genetics caused the population to sport undescended testicles? <br><br>
Back on topic haitch is one of those petty irritations like people saying fillem instead of film or chicks putting half a dozen extra pillows on the bed you have to remove before you can actually use the bed that are probably the reason the uber killer tipped over the edge. -
Asked my son what he says and its haitch. I just realised I do too, but my accent is pretty farked up these days. I get routinely mistaken for a South African and even a Pom (that person is dead to me). My wife is Norwegian but sometimes people think I'm the Norwegian one.
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<p>Asked my son what he says and<strong> its haitch. I just realised I do too,</strong> but my accent is pretty farked up these days. I get routinely mistaken for a South African and even a Pom (that person is dead to me). My wife is Norwegian but sometimes people think I'm the Norwegian one.</p>
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<p>Sounds legit.</p>
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<p>Definitely in some places. I couldn't believe how few flies there were when I first moved to Sydney from the bush. Then some old bloke told me the brand new apartment complex I was renting in was built on an old military chemical storage :shock:</p> -
<p>Used to work with a girl who said "haitch". Banned her from using the radio at work. Problem solved.</p>
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<p>Further to this topic, one of my work colleagues always calls me Haitch, which I dislike. He also calls my friend (who is named Hugh) Thew.</p>
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<p>My colleague is Cornish.</p>
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