And Australian, I believe.
replyI'm Australian, and I say 'A Hotel', and 'A Herb'. Until very recently, I'd never heard anyone ever say it differently.
replyGP is talking about the name of the letter H like when you're saying the ABCs. How do you pronounce it?
reply"I think it's mostly Irish with the former."
replyActually, it's a shibboleth. It used to be said in Ireland that Roman Catholic called it "haitch" and Protestants called it "aitch". "Haitch" is to be found furth of Ireland though.