From 'hwhat' to 'what': Tracing a letter's disappearing act. Barkhouse.

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966. We explore the rise and fall of the letter H: Debates over its name ("haitch" or "aitch"?) and why a once-prestigious pronunciation like "hwhat" now seems old-fashioned.

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