pronouncing the g in "ing"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fascinating. Two years ago we paid $1,000+ out of pocket to a speech pathologist who worked with DS on articulation deficiencies.

Guess what one of the sound combos was? Uh huh, the ending /g/ in /-ing/ words. Because that's proper standard English.

For the person talkinG about hicks .... it's actually 'hick' to drop the /g/ in /-ing/ .... I'm a fixin' to git goin' in the mornin' . See?

This. It really should be pronounced. Unless you're a hick.

You're missing the point of this post. OP wasn't saying that it should be dropped completely like "fixin" but that it shouldn't be pronounced e.g. fixing-guh

[Anonymous]

in the TV show The Hills, the girls use hard G. sometimes almost a K. Talk-ink, go-ink

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:there's some trailer trash on here that ends all her useless posts with "just sayin" eww don't

This is how half of America talks and they all sound like hicks. Where are you goin? What are you doin? I am swimmin. I am drivin my car. I am shoppin. Please bring back the -ing like in ring!

[Anonymous]

What an odd post.

[Anonymous]

My friedd say thin instead of thing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My friedd say thin instead of thing

This effing post is from 2011.



TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it like the way Forrest Gump pronounces 'running'?

My first thought, exactly!!

[Anonymous]

Move to the Upper Midwest, we drop the g. Get go-een!

[Anonymous]

I had to say a few words out loud to hear my pronunciation. I do not say the "ing". Example, runnin', playin', lookin'. I am from the Deep South. I have a soft southern accent. Not really hick. Just southern.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here:

This person is from the USA and grew up in a place without a particular accent. ...and has no accent. parents are both professional. went to a selective college so not stupid...

drives me crazy. I was hoping someone would say they can't help it...like they are color blind for the fact that almost nobody else says the g in ing...

That was me. A professional from Cleveland. I had no idea that I dropped my g's until I moved here. I no longer do that.