This fracas that Clarkson had

Icy Gull

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How do YOU pronounce it?

Frakass or Fracar or other?

I have always thought it was a Fracar, but then I thought it was aitch and now I find it's Haitch

 

Hillian1

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Handbags.

 

Badger

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Icy Gull said:

How do YOU pronounce it?

Frakass or Fracar or other?

I have always thought it was a Fracar, but then I thought it was aitch and now I find it's Haitch

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JUST NO

 

brightn'ove

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Icy Gull said:

I thought it was aitch and now I find it's Haitch

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oh **** off

 

pasty

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Fracar

and aitch.

 

Del Fenner

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pasty said:

Fracar

and aitch.

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^^^

 

JJ McClure

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Icy Gull said:

but then I thought it was aitch and now I find it's Haitch

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Did you find this out from a ****wit?

 

TWOCHOICEStom

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From wikipedia
H (named aitch /ˈeɪtʃ/ or haitch, plural (h)aitches)[SUP][1][/SUP] is the eighth letter in the ISO basic Latin alphabet.

 

Easy 10

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Pronounced fracar

But then I was shocked when I learned that some people pronounce herbs as erbs. As in erbs and spices. Sounds so wrong. I think its an american thing.

 

Pavilionaire

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Icy Gull said:

How do YOU pronounce it?

Frakass or Fracar or other?

I have always thought it was a Fracar, but then I thought it was aitch and now I find it's Haitch

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Your English is shocking - it's fracas! You know, like a brouhaha that's turned into a melee.

 

Blackadder

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Let's move the debate up a notch..........

Scones.

 

Icy Gull

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JJ McClure said:

Did you find this out from a ****wit?

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Just about every person I speak to who is under 30 says Haitch, including a couple of teachers they can't all be ****wits can they?

 

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TomandJerry

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What even is a Haitch?

 

JJ McClure

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Icy Gull said:

Just about every person I speak to who is under 30 says Haitch, including a couple of teachers they can't all be ****wits can they?

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Yes. Yes they can.

 

Icy Gull

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TomandJerry said:

What even is a Haitch?

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Do you mean AN haitch?

 

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Some posho on Radio 4 yesterday was pronouncing frak-arse - had me in stitches

 

JBizzle

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Icy Gull said:

Just about every person I speak to who is under 30 says Haitch, including a couple of teachers they can't all be ****wits can they?

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Oh yes, they most definitely can be...

 

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Easy 10 said:

Pronounced fracar

But then I was shocked when I learned that some people pronounce herbs as erbs. As in erbs and spices. Sounds so wrong. I think its an american thing.

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Think they're bring clever, tried it with 'line' and now changing to the proper word 'queue'...why they bother nicking our language and changing a few bits is beyond me....next up should be 'sidewalk' a travesty, do you HAVE to walk on it and what if it's not on the side...oh and they are weakening on using 'football' for the proper game also

 

el punal

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Easy 10 said:

Pronounced fracar

But then I was shocked when I learned that some people pronounce herbs as erbs. As in erbs and spices. Sounds so wrong. I think its an american thing.

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As in ba-zil not bay-zil and ory-gano not oh-reg-ah-no. Even worse, since when did route (as in Route 66) become rout?

 

Easy 10

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Vegas Seagull said:

Think they're bring clever, tried it with 'line' and now changing to the proper word 'queue'...why they bother nicking our language and changing a few bits is beyond me....next up should be 'sidewalk' a travesty, do you HAVE to walk on it and what if it's not on the side...oh and they are weakening on using 'football' for the proper game also

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Erbs is a doozy though. I can't get me noggin round that one.