Older generations pronounce words like “adults” differently than younger generations. What other words?

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What words have you noticed older generations use?

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I’ve noticed a lot of young people seemingly mispronouncing “women” as whoa-men. Is there any reason for this?

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Not surprising, languages live and change. My Japanese father speak a different Japanese than the younger generation just starting out in the workplace. And that's before you get into regional variance in pronunciation.

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Some people say: "im poor ant" when they pronounce important.

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Tomato Tomato

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My 16 year old uses T-glottalization. According to Google: T-glottalization is a speech pattern where the "t" sound is dropped in words like "kitten," "Vermont," and "important". This is a normal speech pattern that is becoming more common in the western United States and among younger female speakers.
It's most pronounced in words like kitten, mitten and button.
So while I say, "kit-tin", she says "kit-in" with emphasis on the "kit" and very quiet "in". It is surprisingly very noticeable.

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Anonymous wrote:What words have you noticed older generations use?

There is only one correct pronunciation for "adult," uh-duhlt.

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Anonymous wrote:My 16 year old uses T-glottalization. According to Google: T-glottalization is a speech pattern where the "t" sound is dropped in words like "kitten," "Vermont," and "important". This is a normal speech pattern that is becoming more common in the western United States and among younger female speakers.
It's most pronounced in words like kitten, mitten and button.
So while I say, "kit-tin", she says "kit-in" with emphasis on the "kit" and very quiet "in". It is surprisingly very noticeable.

I'm pushing 50 and talk like that, as do my parents. It's our NY accents.

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Anonymous wrote:My 16 year old uses T-glottalization. According to Google: T-glottalization is a speech pattern where the "t" sound is dropped in words like "kitten," "Vermont," and "important". This is a normal speech pattern that is becoming more common in the western United States and among younger female speakers.
It's most pronounced in words like kitten, mitten and button.
So while I say, "kit-tin", she says "kit-in" with emphasis on the "kit" and very quiet "in". It is surprisingly very noticeable.

I would not hire someone who spoke like this. O

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Anonymous wrote:My 16 year old uses T-glottalization. According to Google: T-glottalization is a speech pattern where the "t" sound is dropped in words like "kitten," "Vermont," and "important". This is a normal speech pattern that is becoming more common in the western United States and among younger female speakers.
It's most pronounced in words like kitten, mitten and button.
So while I say, "kit-tin", she says "kit-in" with emphasis on the "kit" and very quiet "in". It is surprisingly very noticeable.

My maiden name is Sutton and I am all too familiar with the t-glottalization. I am a mid-70s baby from the Midwest, so it's not new.

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Anonymous wrote:My 16 year old uses T-glottalization. According to Google: T-glottalization is a speech pattern where the "t" sound is dropped in words like "kitten," "Vermont," and "important". This is a normal speech pattern that is becoming more common in the western United States and among younger female speakers.
It's most pronounced in words like kitten, mitten and button.
So while I say, "kit-tin", she says "kit-in" with emphasis on the "kit" and very quiet "in". It is surprisingly very noticeable.

I would not hire someone who spoke like this. O

I wouldn't either and it's been around forever.

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It’s so amusing to hear the young teachers I work with who pronounce words like “button” as “buh-in” and then have to pronounce it the “old fashioned way” when they are teaching kids about the phonemes in the word!

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Kitty corner and catty corner. I think this sounds dumb.

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Anonymous wrote:My 16 year old uses T-glottalization. According to Google: T-glottalization is a speech pattern where the "t" sound is dropped in words like "kitten," "Vermont," and "important". This is a normal speech pattern that is becoming more common in the western United States and among younger female speakers.
It's most pronounced in words like kitten, mitten and button.
So while I say, "kit-tin", she says "kit-in" with emphasis on the "kit" and very quiet "in". It is surprisingly very noticeable.

I have always equated this with New Jersey. Everyone I've ever known from New Jersey talks this way. I'm almost 50.

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It seems almost everyone says "of-ten" now instead of "offen." My argument against this (usually kept to myself ☺️ ) was, ok now say soften. Well, sure enough, I heard someone say "sof-ten" on an HGTV show the other day. 😫😫😫