There's the /ng/ sound at the end of a word such as ring and song.
r--i--ng s--i--ng It's the same sound as in the word "think" th--i--ng--k There is no need for a hard /g/ as in /good/ sound there. Have your friend watch this tutorial to learn how to make the correct /ng/sound: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ8yUytZSt0 |
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20:46 here. I agree completely! |
OP here:
He's an English-speaking person for the United States and not the south and has no other discernible accent. He makes going a three syllable word like this: go-ing-guh the reason this is bothering me is he was recently promoted to a more visible communications role and to me it sounds ignorant and he's not. After watch the U-Tube video, I wonder if it's something done when he's trying to add extra emphasis... Thanks y'all for a fun discussion. |
It's not something to fight about or get all angsty about. I logged on out of curiosity as some of my friends hit a soft but true "g" at the end of words ending with "ng". They are still my friends and I love them, but as a speech therapist, I can tell you that it's not Standard American English dialect. I mean, who cares really, but some people are nearly curious. |
So very, very true. |
Is this person from Lawn Guyland? |
I've decided to speak in a bad Russian accent for the remainder of today.
We're goink swimmink now. |
In the UK, we pronounce the "g" at the end of words, as well as the "t" in twenty, etc.
Dropping the "g" entirely definitely comes off as uneducated. Having a softer or harder "g" sound is perfectly fine. |
Yes! Yes! This drives me crazy. Nobody uses -ing anymore. Everyone is always goin' or doin' something. I correct my DH and my kids and myself all the time. Even the President drops the -ing for -in. |
I don't think you understood the question. There's a sound that's represented by "ng", a hard "g" as in "go" and a soft "g" as in "George". In some American regional accents, the "ng" sound is sometimes followed by the hard "g" as in "go". The classic example is "Lawn Guyland" for "Long Island", appropriately enough because people from Long Island often use that regional accent. "Dropping the 'g'" describes a pronunciation like President Clinton's; it's common in the South, but turns up elsewhere as well. The soft "g" after "ng" would be something like "hinge". A marked regional accent is sometimes a disadvantage, even in America. |
I'm also Canadian, and the "g" is pronounced by not hard; it is a soft end sound. Certainly it is heard, so I don't clip it, such as in "goin'' or "movin'", etc. |
I meant, "but" not hard |
Ha! I couldn't figure out what the OP was getting at, since the more common annoyance (I think) is dropping the g entirely. Thanks for this example, PP! |
Fabulous! |