Neither would the norn Irish. Nor the Welsh actually. Probably not the Scottish either. Come to think of it, I don’t think Cockneys, Geordies, Brums, Yams, Scousers, Yonners, Mummersetters or Easties would, either.

That’s happened in french and Italian too then, “une orange” and “un’arancia”. Wild.

Upper-class British used to ‘drop the h’ on words with a french root to show off their education. Historic had a silent H but hawk did not, for example.
Side note: H has a silent H, it’s “aitch” not “haitch”.

That’s why they stopped at three. The fourth bridge always takes forever to paint.