I mean no one seems to pronounce it any more. Funny ini?
2006-12-28 23:44:51 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I also have the way people pronounce "th" as "f" like fanks, fing. My cousins even spell it like that on messenger - fnx for thanks. To me it just sounds stupid and makes you seem like you cant speak properly. I really dont like all those english accents that make you sound like you have some problem and you dont pronounce things properly like 'orrible and all that. I am english and luckily i dont have one of those accents coz to me they just dont sound good and make people sound like a bunch of yobs. I'm not snobby or anything but those accents just arent nice to me.
2006-12-29 00:01:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
A general trend in some English varieties is for the word finial /t/ to be realised differently to the standard 't' i.e. a voiceless avelolar stop as you still find in word initial position. Instead it is commonly realised as a glottally re-inforced stop or a glottally reinfoced unreleased stop. In certain accents it may be realised as a glottal stop. So we can say that the english phoneme [t] has several allophoric variations depending on the linguistic environment, the speaker's dialect and the register (i.e. social occasion/formality) of the situation. Does that help?
2006-12-29 09:03:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think, deep down, a lot of people know that they don't speak well - are not educated, if you will. The slurring of speech, speaking in low tones, softly, expresses (falsely) that one attaches no importance to the conversation or topic.
The whole, "Maaaaan, that ain't nothin'" attitude is a defense mechanism, and an attempt to hide one's inability to either frame or express important ideas.
Think about it - the T's and G's may well be disappearing in discussions of popular music, hot chicks, sweet rides and McNuggets, but I'd expect you'll find all the words pronounced in full in discussions of computer programming, comparative surgical options, and rocketry.
It's time to close down the government schools and find a way to educate people.
2006-12-29 08:02:37 · answer #3 · answered by gabluesmanxlt 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Estuary English is surely to blame, yuppies in the 80s moving north and spreading this affliction on the communities they move to.
Jamie Oliver plays his part too.
2006-12-29 08:09:59 · answer #4 · answered by mosherbeard 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think us Lancastrians have stolen them all, here in Lancashire we use the letter T more than anyone:
put t'kettle on
go to t'shop
I have t'go out
Speaking proper Lanky dialect uses even more:
'as't ate it?
as't owt i't t'oven?
Sadly, though, we don't bother much with the letter H.
2006-12-29 07:58:52 · answer #5 · answered by Queen of the Night 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It went before U
2006-12-29 07:49:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
ini jus so srange
2006-12-29 07:52:59 · answer #7 · answered by Grant 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no u r wrong everyone pronounces it everyday several times like it is in many names also and u can see in this answer i wrote "T" many times!!
2006-12-29 07:55:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I was thinking the same thing about the letter 'G'!
2006-12-29 07:47:41 · answer #9 · answered by Chuckles! 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they have stopped saying it in the south east and definately west (i dont think we ever did say water properly!) and replaced it with more t's up north i suppose it depends where you are?
2006-12-29 07:53:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋