I believe I am right in saying it should be 'eitch' but people at work pronounce it 'heitch' which really gets on my wick, especially as I work in the glamourous world of reinforced concrete so we have a lot to do with H16 and H20 bars!

People tell me it's 'heitch' because it's 'Harry' and 'Helicopter' etc but I say its 'onor' as in 'honour' and just because it's that letter doesnt mean you spell the name of the letter, for instance, it's not a 'wubbleyou' (W) or a 'lell' (L) or a 'feff' (F) is it!

Who's correct?

I'm from the South, I never pronounce the letter 'H'

It's 'aitch' not 'haytch'

FACT.

HTH 🙂

In 'Henry' it's haitch

In 'an hotel' it's aitch

Aitch, "haytch" is something for the lower classes to say when trying and failing to imitate their social superiors.

Definately not Haytch as I speak the Queens English 🙂 it aytch of course my good man!

feffing 'ell its aitch

It's Aitch.
From the OED

aitch – Name of the letter H; cf. ACHE n.3 Also Comb., as aitch-dropping, -free adjs. Hence aitchless a., that does not aspirate his h's.

defo aitch, and thats from a northern monkey

The name of the letter is 'Aitch' and it's pronounced phonetically. Your colleagues are just putting on 'airs [sic]

reminds me of a question. Name three olympic athletics disciplines that begin with a T?

ay-ch

thank you guys, at least I can now tell them how to speak correctly knowing I have the full backing of the STW masseeve!

I can't remember how I pronounce it now

People who say Haytch either have a speech impediment or are slightly retarded.

From the nursery rhyme I reckon its haitch…but then I am slightly retarded 🙂

I'm a northerner living down south (quite how that qualifies me I don't know!). Having said that I do also happen to have a speech impediment and am slightly retarded, but it's an aitch, not a haitch.