How Do You Spell HANTS?
Pronunciation: [hˈants] (IPA) 
"Hants" is a short form of the county Hampshire in southern England, which is commonly used in informal speech or writing. The spelling of the word "Hants" is phonetically transcribed as /hænts/, with the "h" pronounced as a voiceless glottal fricative, the "a" pronounced as a short vowel, the "n" pronounced as a nasal sound, the "t" pronounced as a voiceless alveolar stop, and the "s" pronounced as a voiceless alveolar fricative. Although not commonly used in formal writing, "Hants" serves as a convenient and colloquial way to refer to Hampshire.
