I recently notice that a girl from England pronounce 'H' sound like 'hey-ch' instead of 'ey-ch'.
Is that common way of pronouncing an 'H' in the UK?
I mean, in North America, we never pronounce 'H' as 'hey-ch'.
How do they pronounce 'H' in Australia, New Zealand or Ireland?
When I visited South Australia last year, the mojority of locals there pronounced it with aspiration. (like hey-tch)
Pronuncing the letter H as "haitch" (or "hey-ch") orginates in Ireland, but it is also widespread in Australia (and I guess NZ as well).
In Australia (and NZ?), in everyday speech, I would think that most people would say it as "haitch". However, usually amongst upper-class people (or people who consider themselves as "more educated"), "aitch" is used - it is still considered the proper way to pronounce it, after all.
I H U ("I haitch you"("I hate you"))
John Wells has mentioned this on his blog:
http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/blog0712b.htm . He says that "aitch" has been the standard pronunciation in British English, but that "haitch" is increasing in popularity: it's used by 16% of all BrE speakers, and by 24% of BrE speakers born since 1982.