[lit-ideas] New York baby talk....was -- Erin's Course Dilemma

  • From: Paul Stone <pas@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 10:48:18 -0500

Shouldn't this subject {erin's course dilemma} have been changed about a 
week ago?

I have a question. There is a particularly irritating [to me at least] 
pronunciation of words that have a 'd' or a 't' sound in the mid-dle that I 
have noticed many people from the New York city area use. The result is a 
two syllable word being almost broken into two sections with a brief pause 
and an inability to pronounce either the first OR the second alveolar stop 
and turns them into glottals. For instance: "didn't" becomes dih uhn and 
"better" is beh uh.

My question is... do the local newscasters, teachers, professors [i.e. 
generally more eloquent people] in this area of the country pronounce words 
like this too or is it just the same kind of affected vocal laziness that 
causes some people to think that budder is bedder than marjurn?

Paul

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Paul Stone
pas@xxxxxxxx
Kingsville, ON, Canada 

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