On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 11:34:29 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

That's it - I'm moving to Greece - and I definitely do feel old. ;-)
My shorter OED was published in 1983 and doesn't have 'haitch'. My
dictionary of English Etymology has neither. The latter has the 'aitch-bone'
but says it comes from the word 'nache' - old French and even older Latin.

Watch out for old Greeks bearing geeky gifts