20 9 February 2007 UTC Well it s true that I ve not often called upon friends family and colleagues to say it but I ve certainly heard educated Irish people say aitch not haitch My immediate family on the Irish side were all brought up in England so they re no help but I know at least one Catholic Ulsterman who says aitch a Professor of Law and a number of people from the South who say it too mainly psychologists philosophers and academics in related fields Next time I m in College I ll try subtly to ask people to spell technical terms in their disciplines and see what I find 16