How do you pronounce Haiti

[Cheeky Monkey]

How could you possibly pronounce it High-ee-tee !?!?!! It's like pronouncing 'H' incorrectly as 'haych' instead of 'aych'

 

[Geordie Gull]

When talking to an alien from a distant galaxy its Hi ET. When texting its IET

 

[looney]

Seeing the common usage is hay-tee, i just checked the news even the pc BBC are using it, where the f*** did Buzza get the idea it was anything else?

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

It's Haiti French - and is pronounced Port-o-Prints, not Port-o-Prance.

When I used to speak to the telephone operators in Haiti they answered as Port au Prince rather than Port-o-Prints. We also used to slightly emphasis the "h" in Haiti whereas it is normally dropped just to avoid confusion with eighty.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Seeing the common usage is hay-tee, i just checked the news even the pc BBC are using it, where the f*** did Buzza get the idea it was anything else?

getting confused with Tahiti ?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Where's the option for Hattie?

 

[Buzzer]

Seeing the common usage is hay-tee, i just checked the news even the pc BBC are using it, where the f*** did Buzza get the idea it was anything else?

WikiAnswers - How do you pronounce haiti

The correct spelling of Haïti is with a diaeresis (double dot) on the i. This means the two vowels need to be pronounced separately. So the correct, as opposed to common American, pronunciation is: ha eety, as in naïve.

 

[Danny-Boy]

WikiAnswers - How do you pronounce haiti

The correct spelling of Haïti is with a diaeresis (double dot) on the i. This means the two vowels need to be pronounced separately. So the correct, as opposed to common American, pronunciation is: ha eety, as in naïve.

Someone should have told Kirsty Young that, she used "Haytee" throughout the appeal broadcast.

 

[dougdeep]

High Tea. Innit?

 

[Jahooli]

WikiAnswers - How do you pronounce haiti

The correct spelling of Haïti is with a diaeresis (double dot) on the i. This means the two vowels need to be pronounced separately. So the correct, as opposed to common American, pronunciation is: ha eety, as in naïve.

Steely Dan had a Haitian (Hay ee shun) divorce so it should be Hay ee tee.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcokCLbdxuw

Takes a bit of time to get going but the old time buresque dancers are interesting. Nice girly dreaming.

 

[looney]

WikiAnswers - How do you pronounce haiti

The correct spelling of Haïti is with a diaeresis (double dot) on the i. This means the two vowels need to be pronounced separately. So the correct, as opposed to common American, pronunciation is: ha eety, as in naïve.

Well I suppose we could rewrite about half the english langauge so it is spelt or pronounced in their native tongues, although with the whole world learning english why bother?

Or more importantly you are using a logical fallacy to be a pompous twat, again.

the question generally perceived would be how is Haiti pronounced in English? as that would be relevant. Not the native pronounciation is "X" therefor anyone who doesn't use it is wrong. This is England, we speak english and pronounce words in English.

Dont be such a politicaly correct tool. Or in anglo-saxon parlance a f***ing snob.

 

[Buzzer]

Well I suppose we could rewrite about half the english langauge so it is spelt or pronounced in their native tongues, although with the whole world learning english why bother?

Or more importantly you are using a logical fallacy to be a pompous twat, again.

the question generally perceived would be how is Haiti pronounced in English? as that would be relevant. Not the native pronounciation is "X" therefor anyone who doesn't use it is wrong. This is England, we speak english and pronounce words in English.

Dont be such a politicaly correct tool. Or in anglo-saxon parlance a f***ing snob.

Eh? I remember it being called High-ee-tee when I was little. The pronunciation just stuck. Why get so angry about it?

 

[looney]

Im not angry about it, I'm angry ive only had one winner on the nags so far, Consider yourself colateral damage.

 

[Buzzer]

Im not angry about it, I'm angry ive only had one winner on the nags so far, Consider yourself colateral damage.

Only if your rants had struck me. As it is, they haven't.

And your previous post has a logical fallacy. The anglicised versions of Peking and Bombay have changed to their native pronunciation years ago. Like I said, nothing's hit me so far. Guess you're gonna have to find another post of mine to try and have a pop at me. Good luck.

 

[7:18]

hay-tee

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Any muppet can write complete bollocks on WikiAnswers , doesn't mean its correct. Only needs someone else to edit and you get a different answer. AFAIK Haiti does not have the double dot over the first "i" which is the case with Zaire.