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

[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.

[Anonymous]

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

15:56 older generations are closer to the transatlantic accent than current ones. Location does not matter.

[Anonymous]

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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.

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

In New York & New Jersey, a lot of people say Add-ult

[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!

Me too. It sounds uneducated to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Yep, rural Iowans say all they as well.

[Anonymous]

I think the primary generational difference is that old people like to complain that current communication trends make young people sound like idiots.

Most young and middle age people today (or anyone who pays any attention to thoughtful news) know that all generations and cultures adapt language, and those changes don’t make people dumb or trashy. The only people who sound dumb are the people complaining about language adaptations.

[Anonymous]

It makes me crazy when people pronounce words with an “st” as “sht “.

Shtructure
Shtrawberry
Shtroller
Shtreet

[Anonymous]

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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.

I always assumed this was Pennsylvanians. A prior poster described the variant where the "t" is dropped entirely. It is like nails on a chalkboard to me.

What is the thing where people throw an "ah" sound at the end of sentences. The word "no" is pronounced as "no ah". I think the Kardsashians do it. It sounds so uneducated.

[Anonymous]

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. 😫😫😫

I remember reading about this decades ago. It's called the over-suburbanization of language. It is impossible to convince people to stop doing this.