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

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How do older generations pronounce adults differently?

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

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

This is how I say it. Does this go with the older or younger generation?

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Anonymous wrote:I have never heard anyone (even older people) pronounce the tts in button or kitten unless they were British.

If you don't think you are swallowing the Ts you have not listened to yourself.

At 0:50 the character is Sutton. Everyone pronounces this way. Even california.

I just listened to this and I hear the “t” in Sutton.

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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.

Mine does this too (also 16) and I hate it. She gets mad when I point it out though. It sounds uneducated to me.

Well there’s multiple posts on here of people saying it’s a typical way of talking in the NE and in the West, so maybe you could stop harping on your kid for something she probably doesn’t have much control over? That’s the kind of thing your kid is going to remember for a long time and it will negatively color her feelings for you.

It sounds uneducated and stupid.

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Anonymous wrote:How do older generations pronounce adults differently?

Ad-dult

There’s a hint of a British accent in older generations - think Morgan Freeman.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do older generations pronounce adults differently?

Ad-dult

There’s a hint of a British accent in older generations - think Morgan Freeman.

Oh, okay, like ADD-ult instead of uh-DULT. It's an emphasis on a different syllable.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do older generations pronounce adults differently?

Ad-dult

There’s a hint of a British accent in older generations - think Morgan Freeman.

Oh, okay, like ADD-ult instead of uh-DULT. It's an emphasis on a different syllable.

Is this really a generational thing as opposed to a regional thing?

I can think of some generational differences. My FIL always refers to "the wife" rather than referring to "my wife" or calling her by name, which seems like an anachronism to me. I don't think later generations are nearly as likely to use a term like that.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do older generations pronounce adults differently?

Ad-dult

There’s a hint of a British accent in older generations - think Morgan Freeman.

Oh, okay, like ADD-ult instead of uh-DULT. It's an emphasis on a different syllable.

Is this really a generational thing as opposed to a regional thing?

I can think of some generational differences. My FIL always refers to "the wife" rather than referring to "my wife" or calling her by name, which seems like an anachronism to me. I don't think later generations are nearly as likely to use a term like that.

I think it's regional and not generational.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do older generations pronounce adults differently?

Ad-dult

There’s a hint of a British accent in older generations - think Morgan Freeman.

Oh, okay, like ADD-ult instead of uh-DULT. It's an emphasis on a different syllable.

Is this really a generational thing as opposed to a regional thing?

I can think of some generational differences. My FIL always refers to "the wife" rather than referring to "my wife" or calling her by name, which seems like an anachronism to me. I don't think later generations are nearly as likely to use a term like that.

I think that is likely just a thing your FIL likes to do, rather than a generational thing. I’ve never heard anyone use that expression. I have heard older men refer to their wives as “my bride” which can be a little cringy but also sweet at the same time.

Most of the other different pronunciations people are noting here are related to regional or educational differences.

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Could this be the transatlantic accent?

https://youtu.be/vnkOFZKN0Dk?si=NU60JmoG-_AD-ZGt
https://youtu.be/UgrL-8RRyJE?si=jCDEDlKLbMHHrXCV
https://youtu.be/IL2MJ8rQ12E?si=OPhCYzRhHrqCK7FP


It would’ve been more common in older generations and had died out by the time most of us were born.

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Anonymous wrote: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!

+1
I’m sorry, but whenever I hear people (usually younger) speaking like this, they come across as not very smart.

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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.

Wrong.

AD-ult

If I heard someone say ,"ad-ult," I would have no idea what they were talking about!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do older generations pronounce adults differently?

Ad-dult

There’s a hint of a British accent in older generations - think Morgan Freeman.

Oh, okay, like ADD-ult instead of uh-DULT. It's an emphasis on a different syllable.

Is this really a generational thing as opposed to a regional thing?

I can think of some generational differences. My FIL always refers to "the wife" rather than referring to "my wife" or calling her by name, which seems like an anachronism to me. I don't think later generations are nearly as likely to use a term like that.

That just his misogyny showing.

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It's both.
My mother hated the way we said "shirt" when we were kids. It was "shir." with a hard glottal stop at the end. No t. I do remember her calling that one out. So generational.

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ADDult sounds pretentious. So does AUHNt i/o any for aunt.

When was the last time you heard someone using who/whom - forget correctly?

My late grandmother born 1915 from Central Pennsylvania asked, “are you allowed candy” while now I’d say, “are you allowed TO HAVE candy” and can’t recall the last time I’ve heard this interrogative convention.