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

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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.

[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.

I think it's regional and not generational.

[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.

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.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

Not a pronunciation issue, but a vocabulary one:

Stuff happens "on accident" instead of "by accident."

Drives me nuts when the young 'uns say this!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not a pronunciation issue, but a vocabulary one:

Stuff happens "on accident" instead of "by accident."

Drives me nuts when the young 'uns say this!

I’m 52 and I say on accident

[Anonymous]

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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.

Same. "Sut-n". That is different than "Suh-en"

[Anonymous]

I think OP is confused about the difference between regional differences and age related differences.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Warsh instead of wash; Warshington instead of Washington

MonDEE, TuesDEE, WendesDEE, ThursDEE, FridEE…

“Ristrint” instead of “restaurant”

“Arange” instead of “orange”

My MIL says “sahayl-SAH” instead of salsa. I’ll never know how she fits so many extra syllables into that word.

Sweetheart, these are all regional differences. My child is in school in St. Louis where people from the area say Warshington and Highway Farty Far.