What are Your Pet Peeves?

[TobyC]

Yep; the aspiraed h is an affectation.

That is your opinion, not fact

I think it is simply a practice of mine and many others that has continued since childhood.

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[Shaun2]

I disagree, "history" is pronounced with an audible "h". Preceding it with "an" is an affectation.

Depends on one's accent, but we actually seem to agree, not disagree.

 

[Shaun2]

That is your opinion, not fact

I think it is simply a practice of mine and many others that has continued since childhood.

I blame society.

 

[Shaun2]

Ebay: when you see the same awful shaving item popping up for years that NO-ONE will ever bid on. Sometimes I get so irritated, I feel like buying it just to end the stupid, and toss the offending object into the bin, right where it belongs.

 

[Chris]

Depends on one's accent, but we actually seem to agree, not disagree.

I think I was getting hung up on the definition of "aspirated H".