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HobieMarty 03-21-2024 10:17 AM
I thought it was that new fangled lingo called ebonics?

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Shifter 03-21-2024 10:24 AM
In the NW, U-Haul is a moving truck rental company.

In the south, it is a group of people.

flatbutt 03-21-2024 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by herr_oberst (Post 12217158)
There's a trend in spoken English language by younger adult people. Words like "mountain" are now pronounced "mow-un"; i.e. the t is silent.

It's called glottalization.

I wish they'd quit it and go back to pronouncing words properly. Now get off my lawn!
So, you've never been to jersey?

KFC911 03-21-2024 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Shifter (Post 12217304)
In the NW, U-Haul is a moving truck rental company.

In the south, it is a group of people.
South of where? Around here it's y'all .... a one syllable "yawl" ... with a drawl :D

wdfifteen 03-21-2024 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by masraum (Post 12217258)
Yep, accents and/or dialect variations of language can/does certainly impact our impression of people.
I don't think this is a dialect. It's an affectation - a fad - that will eventually die out. Like saying, "like" every other word when I was in high school.
Like, do you remember that? It was, like, annoying as hell to our elders.

stevej37 03-21-2024 11:53 AM
^^^ Or guys using the word 'Bro' for every male they see or talk to.

Tired of it Bro. :)

oldE 03-21-2024 12:01 PM
Our granddaughter had excellent diction when she started elementary school. Over the years I have noticed she had picked up the speech patterns of her peers. Not surprising, but it does grate upon my nerves.

Best
Les

Rusty Heap 03-21-2024 12:01 PM
So is it:


Aluminum or Al-u-min-ium

masraum 03-21-2024 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Rusty Heap (Post 12217391)
So is it:


Aluminum or Al-u-min-ium
In England (and presumably the rest of the folks on those islands), it's Al you min ee um.

In the US it's Al oo min um

masraum 03-21-2024 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by wdfifteen (Post 12217371)
I don't think this is a dialect. It's an affectation - a fad - that will eventually die out. Like saying, "like" every other word when I was in high school.
Like, do you remember that? It was, like, annoying as hell to our elders.
There are still a lot of folks that use "like" as a filler, some to the extreme. I hear adults that use it, sometimes in a professional environment. I occasionally use it, and when I notice, it bugs me.

Zeke 03-21-2024 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by stevej37 (Post 12217384)
^^^ Or guys using the word 'Bro' for every male they see or talk to.

Tired of it Bro. :)
Dude!

stevej37 03-21-2024 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Zeke (Post 12217469)
Dude!

Yo! :)

porsche930dude 03-21-2024 02:20 PM
Dont know I dont talk to young people. But on the rare occasion that I do Im usually surprised how smart they are. Compared to their parents anyway.

rwest 03-21-2024 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by masraum (Post 12217424)
There are still a lot of folks that use "like" as a filler, some to the extreme. I hear adults that use it, sometimes in a professional environment. I occasionally use it, and when I notice, it bugs me.
The somewhat latest thing that bugs me to no end and I occasionally catch myself saying it is when someone makes a factual complete sentence and then follows it with “right”

For example: “I adjusted the valves on my car yesterday. Right?”

I hear it on TV all the time.

Bill Douglas 03-21-2024 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by rwest (Post 12217605)

For example: “I adjusted the valves on my car yesterday. Right?”
Better than "Like I adjusted the valves on my car."

masraum 03-21-2024 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by rwest (Post 12217605)
The somewhat latest thing that bugs me to no end and I occasionally catch myself saying it is when someone makes a factual complete sentence and then follows it with “right”

For example: “I adjusted the valves on my car yesterday. Right?”

I hear it on TV all the time.
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Originally Posted by Bill Douglas (Post 12217644)
Better than "Like I adjusted the valves on my car."
Like, I adjus-ed the val-es on my car to-ay. Righ-

Bill Douglas 03-21-2024 07:50 PM
That, adding "right" at the end of a sentence is like a friend of mine from East London who often adds "You know what I mean?" to the end of A LOT of sentences. Her sister says it too.

flatbutt 03-22-2024 04:55 AM
I've always had an issue with "gonna" and "wanna".

wdfifteen 03-22-2024 05:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Bill Douglas (Post 12217684)
That, adding "right" at the end of a sentence is like a friend of mine from East London who often adds "You know what I mean?" to the end of A LOT of sentences. Her sister says it too.
Logically, it's asking for an affirmation that they heard you. But it it so automatic with some people that becomes just another affectation.

wdfifteen 03-22-2024 05:02 AM
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Originally Posted by flatbutt (Post 12217801)
I've always had an issue with "gonna" and "wanna".
Or calling nuts and bolts "gozontas" and "gozintas." :D


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