why do americans pronounce dog as dawg.?

Answer 1

Why don't other English speaking nations properly punctuate and spell?

Answer 2

Not everybody pronounces it like "dawg". Most people who are very involved in the hip hop culture have taken their own spin on words, and dawg happens to be one of those words. This country is made up of many people, and many accents. Just like in most other countries, depending on where you're from, may determine your accent. Accents are almost contagious as well. I'm sure if I lived in Australia long enough, I'd be "puttin' shrimp on tha bahbie" soon enough! I'm from the New England area, and I pronounce dog with a short "o" sound. Whereas someone from down south may pronounce it "dawg". It all depends on geographic area, or what type of culture you wish to follow. Hope that helps!

Answer 3

According to Diachronic linguistics, (the study of the history and patterns of change of and in language) Southern American dialects come directly from British immigrants in the 17th and 18th centuries, from the West Midlands - the West Country. Apparantly West Country dialects are similar to Southern dialect.)

There's actually a great deal of study of backwoods Appalachian dialects based on anglo-celtic folk ballads which were collected in the last century. The songs--as the accents--are directly derivative of the pattern of settlement. During the seventeenth century the largest and most influential group of American immigrants sharing an ethnic heritage were those from England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. Their ballads were from the British tradition of the single personal narrative.

Back before the world got smaller, isolation caused dialects. As time passes, if the world stays this connected, and everyone's ears are constantly bombarded by neutral television accents, dialects--other than the ebb and flow of current slang--are likely to die out.

Answer 4

Sounds more pleasant to me the English interpretation of it seems a little stuck up to me haha I don’t know why. I guess since I was brought up poor I don’t like pronouncing words properly. I have started to use the correct pronunciations though. For instance I now say Iraq instead of Irack. But keep in mind there is no such thing as correct pronunciations words are made up. Different languages pronounce words differently.

Answer 5

THere are several ways to pronounce the word DOG. We don't pronounce it "Dawg." We pronounce it "dog," with the "O" sound being the same as in the word "OFF." Actaully, the word "off" should probably be spelled "AWF" shouldn't it? And how about all those folks who spell the word "Harbor" as "Harbour" and the word "color" as "colour?" With those spellings, shouldn't they be pronounced "harbower" and "colower," because the time segment, "hour" is pronounced "OWER." The English language is one of the strangest because the spelling of the words often have nothing whatsoever to do with their pronounciation. Examples: Drought, Thought, Cough, Rough. They should be spelled "Drowt," "Thawt." "Cawf" and "Ruf." And why is it spelled "pronounciation?" I pronounce it "proNUNciation," not "ProNOWNciation." Go figure!

Answer 6

There are dfferent regional accents within the US, so not all of them pronounce words exactly the same. I would think "dawg" sounds more like a Brooklyn accent, with "dowg" sounding more like a southern accent.

As for "why", you might as well ask why people of ANY region or country pronounces certain words in certain ways.

Answer 7

The same reason they pronounce roof as ruff.

There are many accents in the US and Canada and I love them all, but the best is the folks from Michigan and New York City.

Nothing can beat a Newfoundland accent in Canada. The most annoying to me are Australian it seems so course and abrasive. and of course the french Canadians who are required to yell everything especially in a nice restaurant so they can annoy everyone else.

Answer 8

I am sure that in most parts of the USA They say dog it's just the way they express it. Fancy calling our canine friends dawgs....it's a good thing they dont call cats Mawgies instead of moggies.

Answer 9

It's slang, not all Americans pronounce it dawg.

Answer 10

No most of us really know how to pronounce the word. It sounds like Southern draw.

Answer 11

"How 'bout them dawgs?" is a University of Georgia rallying slogan. It refers to their collegiate football team, the Georgia Bulldogs.
In the refined accents of Tennessee (LOL), we pronounce dog as "dog" as in "Smoky the blue-tick coonhound is one fine dog."