...In French phonology and orthography, aspirated h () is used to refer to words that begin with a vowel sound, but do not allow elision and liaison when they follow another word. Such words are usually spelled with an initial letter "h". For example:
- hache "axe" – la hache "the axe", les haches "the axes" Read full entry
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- 1.Aspirated h - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- 1 List of French words which begin with an aspirated h. 1.1 Words beginning with ha ... For the other vowels, the "h" is often aspirated, except for those coming from ...
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spirated_h
- 2.Aspiration (phonetics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- ... stop consonants are aspirated for most native speakers ... Aspirated h. Voice onset time. List of phonetic topics. Phonation. Preaspiration. Spiritus asper ...
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In French, why does l'fun have |
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This pattern of speech is only used colloquially, like ain't in English. "C'est l'fun" is not proper French. |
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Why. over the past few years, Television presenters are some
the worst culprits
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Really? So you would say 'ome not home. 'it not Hit. Quite the opposite. Estuarine English is corrupting our speech. Bring back aspiration. |
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