article_snippet: Jeremy Butterfield also risks charges of snobbery, by writing that anyone who says 'haitch' instead of 'aitch' appears 'unspeakably uncouth' to older generations.
article_snippet: In an even more contentious passage, Author suggests that people who drop their aitches or pronounce the letter as 'haitch' are marking their out as socially inferior to others.
article_snippet: Author points out that Lord Carey did not pronounce aitches when Author was young, but changed Author speech as Author grew older, eventually reaching the top of the Establishment as Archbishop of Canterbury. '
article_snippet: There would be no doubt that Lord Carey would not have risen to that position if Lord Carey had continued to do so,' Jeremy Butterfield writes.
highlights_snippet: Author also suggests that dropping aitches is a sign of social inferiority .