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JohnT wrote:

"Bill Wright" wrote in message
...
UnsteadyKen wrote:
charles wrote...
Perhaps because the 'h' is followed by an 'o'.

An horse! an horse! my kingdom for an horse!

Ride a cock 'oss
To Banbury Cross!

Ride a cock horse
To Banbury Crorse!

I think that I must be using the terminology "a hotel" rather than "an
hotel" because I am just a thick Geordie. I am grateful to Bill, ever
the Patrician, for correcting me in such a substle manner.

I fawn at your kind words.

The basic problem is Australian soap operas. This is also why people say
'haitch' instead of 'aitch'. Quite why we allow our language to be
perverted by the descendants of criminals I don't know.

Bill

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charles wrote:
In article ,
Bill Wright wrote:
charles wrote:
In article ,
Richard Tobin wrote:
In article ,
Bill Wright wrote:
But the normal way is to say 'an hotel' and not pronounce the aitch.
That what everybody does.
Nowhere I've lived. It's just an affectation, like "erb".
no, it's proper English useage. I have an O level in English Language.

And that was from the days when an O Level was the equivalent of a
modern degree.

so with 8 of those O levels, 3 A levels and an old fashioned degree, I'm
obviously overqualified for this newsgroup.

Not so fast! I'll have you know I gained a Don Valley School Leavers'
Certificate.

Bill

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In message , Bill Wright
writes
JohnT wrote:
"Bill Wright" wrote in message
...
UnsteadyKen wrote:
charles wrote...
Perhaps because the 'h' is followed by an 'o'.

An horse! an horse! my kingdom for an horse!

Ride a cock 'oss
To Banbury Cross!

Ride a cock horse
To Banbury Crorse!
I think that I must be using the terminology "a hotel" rather than
"an hotel" because I am just a thick Geordie. I am grateful to Bill,
ever the Patrician, for correcting me in such a substle manner.

I fawn at your kind words.

The basic problem is Australian soap operas. This is also why people
say 'haitch' instead of 'aitch'. Quite why we allow our language to be
perverted by the descendants of criminals I don't know.

Bill

People in Gloucestershire having been saying "haitch" since long before
Aussie soaps appeared.

One thing we can thank them for, is the practise of answering a question
such as, "How are you", or "how was your holiday" with "yeah".
--
Ian

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In article ,
Bill Wright wrote:

The basic problem is Australian soap operas. This is also why people say
'haitch' instead of 'aitch'

This was noted as a class distinction long before soap operas,
Australian or otherwise.

-- Richard

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On Mon, 27 Aug 2012 20:06:57 +0100, Bill Wright
wrote:

or in a hotel.

You mean 'an hotel'

No he bloody doesn't, you illiterate Northerner.

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Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
On Mon, 27 Aug 2012 20:06:57 +0100, Bill Wright
wrote:

or in a hotel.

You mean 'an hotel'

No he bloody doesn't, you illiterate Northerner.

Maybe he's irish and meant "an O'tel"

Steve Terry
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