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The letter ‘H’ seems to just be a magnet for controversy. I can’t hear someone pronounce it ‘haitch’ without picturing them as a small child.
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I changed that over here. I probably still say haitch sometimes but that along with saying 'trousers' instead of 'pants' and sofa instead of couch, etc I've modified it for the most part after 15 years. It's hard to avoid making some changes, but unlike back-packers that go to the US for a month and come back with an accent I've tried to hang on to my Aussie as much as possible. I think it took 12 years before I finally caved and started saying "day ta base" instead of "dar tah base"
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Pronouncing foreign words wrong is one thing, but the US pronunciation of 'herbs' should not continue to go unpunished.