People who get annoyed over things like this are way to uptight and snooty. I have friends with southern accents and foreign friends who speak in broken English, but they are still interesting people to talk to.

I don't think I have ever heard anyone pronounce a hard G at the end of ing. I tried it and it is hard to say. I am Canadian and that is definitely not a Canadian thing. We do say ing with maybe a bit of a uh sound at the end but no hard G.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's an accent. I'm from Indiana and drop the 'g' about half the time. When speaking in front of a crowd or at a meeting, I tend to tone down my twang and include the 'g' but in everyday situations and conversations, I talk 'normal'. I don't care if you like it or not.

According to some of these posters you sound like a "hick." Did you know that?!

I don't care. One thing I learned a long time ago was that people who aren't interested in substance really don't matter. I have good manners, I speak well and am well rounded. I also have an accent. As a matter of fact, my accent isn't as strong as it used to be and was never as strong as some of my friends and family. They're great people and I would never think less of them because of their accent.

Love how some of you throw the "F" word around and think that's fine, but dropping the "g" on "ing" doesn't sound educated and upper class? That's hilarious.

Anonymous wrote:It's an accent. I'm from Indiana and drop the 'g' about half the time. When speaking in front of a crowd or at a meeting, I tend to tone down my twang and include the 'g' but in everyday situations and conversations, I talk 'normal'. I don't care if you like it or not.

According to some of these posters you sound like a "hick." Did you know that?!

^^ That's a Canadian accent. Sounds fine to me.

Signed, proud Vancouverite.

She means pronounce the G almost like you have a cold (at least this happens to me when I have a cold). Not saying "Where's he going" as opposed to "goin'" but "goinguh", almost like you say the going correctly and then add a "guh" sound on the end?

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

Doesn't bother me. It bothers me much more when the "g" is suppressed.

It's an accent. I'm from Indiana and drop the 'g' about half the time. When speaking in front of a crowd or at a meeting, I tend to tone down my twang and include the 'g' but in everyday situations and conversations, I talk 'normal'. I don't care if you like it or not.

I had a grandpa who used to lecture me about "ring the ing" when I was a kid. I tend not to pronounce the g and was always told it was ignorant sounding to drop the g.

Can't win.

I think main stream English pronounces the g but it's not too hard, not over-stated. Half way between walkin and walking.

How many languages do you speak, OP? Before you start judging other people look at yourself.

My friend says the word "fuc&ing" as "fugin". It's hilarious.

Anonymous wrote:Wow just wow. People in the UK, Canada, and other Englisg speaking countries pronounce the g... Get out much, op? The also pronounce their t's... Americans like to say budder and wader, but to the rest of the world it's water and butter.

What an ignorant post!!!!

you don't understand what we are talking about.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:11:46. but the ing sound is the g like in go. that's what we are talking about.

goin' is GoN
going is go-een
goinG (with the hard G) is like...goeenG.
This is a hard conversation to have online.

You mean like going-guh? Hitting the g sound separately, rather than melding it in with in?

yes, this is what I mean!