2006-09-10 21:40:18 · 14 answers · asked by gygriner 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Home Schooling
Lack of innunciation is what it is, which more and more people are doing. You can hear the same thing in all sorts of words. People used to be taught proper innunciation in grammar school, although that is becoming slack. The same way kids used to be taught the proper way to hold a pen when they write. Now they can hold it however they want.
ps. I am Canadian, and have never in my life said 'aboot', nor do I know anyone who does. I've never heard that before.
2006-09-10 23:59:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
For the same reason many Australians call our country Austrayia,and pronounce vulnerable as vunnerable,and say warrdah instead of water.They have only a very poor grasp of the language,and this may be a reflection on the modern educational system.
2006-09-11 04:55:29 · answer #2 · answered by graeboy 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's a matter of dialect. Many regions will have their own way of speaking derived from the people who settled in that area and the relative isolation of that area. It can also be a matter of education or social movement as people attempt to emulate others of higher social status.
Not all Americans will use the example above. You may be working from a limited sample.
2006-09-11 04:51:33 · answer #3 · answered by eriurana 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They don't really, it's regional accents, it just sounds that way to your and other people's ears. Kind of like my aunt when she moved to Illinois, said Warshington instead of Washington, we had to put her on tape so she'd hear it herself.
Same way Americans think Canadians say aboot for about. It just sounds that way to them.
2006-09-11 06:42:32 · answer #4 · answered by Lizzy-tish 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Lazy speech. You will find it more often among younger people, because they tend to speak quickly, and the less well-educated. My teachers and parents used to tell us to enunciate our words, but that almost never happens these days, so children speak less and less clearly.
2006-09-11 05:03:09 · answer #5 · answered by neniaf 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I guess for the same reason people miscategorize their questions. not paying attention, it's easier, they're in a hurry, so on and so forth.
Just a guess
2006-09-11 10:11:02 · answer #6 · answered by Terri 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just a manner of speaking.. every region has their own slangs and slurs, thruout the world!
2006-09-11 04:42:26 · answer #7 · answered by statistics 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Americans like to speak fast, and don't wanna stress too much on words. It's like a slang. It's the same for 'wonderful', they say 'wunnerful'. In fact, I do too! :)
2006-09-11 04:46:57 · answer #8 · answered by gagaga 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
They pronounsiation is like that. They speak the word with more chew that is why it sounds like this.
2006-09-11 05:27:57 · answer #9 · answered by kannu_sweetest 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It is a form of slang as we call it.
2006-09-11 06:41:23 · answer #10 · answered by bradnmich2003 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋