H-dropping
LINGUISTIC PHENOMENON OF NOT PRONOUNCING THE GLOTTAL CONSONANTS, MOSTLY REPRESENTED BY LETTERS SIMILAR TO H
H adding; H dropping; Aitch-dropping; H-drop; H-adding; Dropped H; Aitch dropping; Dropping H's; Dropping of H's; H-deletion; H-addition; H addition; H-insertion; H insertion; Dropping aitches
H-dropping or aitch-dropping is the deletion of the voiceless glottal fricative or "H-sound", . The phenomenon is common in many dialects of English, and is also found in certain other languages, either as a purely historical development or as a contemporary difference between dialects.