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

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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 grew up all over New England and lived in NYC for 12 years, and this is literally how everyone talks. If you pronounce it as, “but-TEN” up there people would look at you like you were an absolute freak with three heads.

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Anonymous wrote:

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

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

Some older people say ADD-ultz

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Anonymous wrote:

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 grew up all over New England and lived in NYC for 12 years, and this is literally how everyone talks. If you pronounce it as, “but-TEN” up there people would look at you like you were an absolute freak with three heads.

+1, I grew up in southern CT and this is how we all talk. I never knew it was a thing until I moved to DC.

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

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

Wrong.

AD-ult

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

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Anonymous wrote:

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

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

A dolt.

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Anonymous wrote:

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

Must be hard to find a good babysitter for you

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Anonymous wrote: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. 😫😫😫

YES! I’m 50 and have noticed this too. But my kids say “offen.”

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weird ones:

"heighth" instead of "height". That's a weird one you hear on HGTV.

"woman" instead of "women"- as in pronouncing it as singular when referring to a group. I hear this on the RHW franchises but also some journalists mispronounce it too.

"saLmon" instead of "sammon" (L is silent).

"vunerable" instead of "vulnerable".

buh-in instead of button just sounds horribly uneducated. Perhaps if it goes with a whole jersey accent it makes more overall sense. Doesn't sound as bad.

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

This is a big word change that I try don't like. Sounds so strange, hear it all over insta and YouTube.

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Anonymous wrote:weird ones:

"heighth" instead of "height". That's a weird one you hear on HGTV.

"woman" instead of "women"- as in pronouncing it as singular when referring to a group. I hear this on the RHW franchises but also some journalists mispronounce it too.

"saLmon" instead of "sammon" (L is silent).

"vunerable" instead of "vulnerable".

buh-in instead of button just sounds horribly uneducated. Perhaps if it goes with a whole jersey accent it makes more overall sense. Doesn't sound as bad.

I’ll admit I’ve done the saLmon because I don’t get why the L is silent.

I hate when people say “ant” instead of “aunt”. It has a u in it to differentiate the two words.

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Anonymous wrote:

I’ll admit I’ve done the saLmon because I don’t get why the L is silent.

I hate when people say “ant” instead of “aunt”. It has a u in it to differentiate the two words.

You must be having a laugh.
It’s regional.

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I’m old enough to remember when harassment was pronounced with the stress on the second syllable.

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Anonymous wrote:Kitty corner and catty corner. I think this sounds dumb.

I always thought it was caddy-corner.

Here are some others that the younger generations might not know:

anagogglin’
wompajog
caddywompus

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Anonymous wrote:

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 grew up all over New England and lived in NYC for 12 years, and this is literally how everyone talks. If you pronounce it as, “but-TEN” up there people would look at you like you were an absolute freak with three heads.

I'm from abroad and find strange reactions when I ask for water at a restaurant, as I pronounce the T. I have to change it to ask for a "warder". I then receive a glass of H2O, but fortunately never a prison guard. I had similar reactions looking for metal recycling place until I changed the request to medal recycling.