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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]

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

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. [/quote]

It sounds uneducated and stupid. [/quote]

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