achite

Updated: August 22, 2026

Thus, the letters h i t, as the child pronounces them individually aitch, eye, tee would naturally spell to him some such word as achite, not hit at all.

Jacob Abbott - Gentle Measures in the Management and Training of the Young: Or, the Principles on Which a Firm Parental Authority May Be: Established and Maintained, Without Violence or Anger, and the Right: Development of the Moral and Mental Capacities Be Promoted by Methods: in Harmony with the Structure and the Characteristics of the Juvenile: Mind