That's always been kind of a weird idea for me. Maybe I'm doing something wrong... It's just that all those "h"-like consonants have never sounded too different from each other. Which may actually be the problem... But, like, people say "the 'ch' sound", as if it's something alien - like the "ll" in Welsh, say! - while it's just a more pronounced version of the "h" sound.

I don't know... I think people sometimes also say that this sound occurs in Russian, so I would have a natural advantage. To which I say bollocks. Our "h" is a completely normal one.

On the other hand, I've been having a bit of trouble with the "ch" in words like "solche" - where it's supposed to be the same as in "ich", but here it seems to require a more advanced acrobatic tongue manoeuver than I'm used to.

Still, I maintain that there's nothing supernatural about it and it's just an "h" sound, slightly dressed-up.