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He sneered at Philip because he was better educated than himself, and he mocked at Philip's pronunciation; he could not forgive him because he spoke without a cockney accent, and when he talked to him sarcastically exaggerated his aitches. At first his manner was merely gruff and repellent, but as he discovered that Philip had no gift for accountancy he took pleasure in humiliating him; his attacks were gross and silly, but they wounded Philip, and in self-defence he assumed an attitude of superiority which he did not feel.

If you've got any drawing- room manners or a dislike to eating peas with a knife or dropping aitches, you'd better chuck 'em away.

And while introducing the topic the former reporter, who hails from Cheshire, provided a perfect demonstration of the importance of not dropping your aitches.

And although he had many revolting habits - such as dropping his guts - he didn't sneer at everyone who dropped their aitches.

And her hubby David is so concerned about dropping his aitches that he puts them where they don't belong.

This upset me because down there our parents and teachers had done their best to make sure we pronounced our words properly, unlike those living in the sound of Bow Bells who famously mangle words and have trouble with their 'aitches' and 'th's'.

Clearly Steve's mispronunciation and exaggerated dropping of aitches add to the eccentricity of him and the evening, but his pleasant demeanour seems to conquer these obstacles.

My hopes were raised, and then dashed, by a couple of Aitches of Disappointment, with which you will probably be familiar.

To me it's liKe watching an episode of 90210 starring a shop window full of Bratz dolls who've magically come to life, habitually drop their aitches and struggle with their stilted dialogue.

I drop my aitches, I suffer with an asthma-related condition that means I speak with a gravelly voice," the Sun quoted him as saying.

Try as I may I couldn't get my aitches right and I kept putting them in the wrong places.

When Aladdin grovels to the Princess of China (Amy Frasier articulating in that kooky screech normally associated with the batty woman in Will and Grace) he mispronounces his aitches putting an aspirate into the word: 'Honour' where certainly God never intended one.