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I've noticed people in their twenties and younger always say words like getting as ge'ing and putting as pu'ing where the ' ( apostrophe ) is a sort of guttural sound that you make if you leave you mouth open and let out a pulse of air. Get it becomes Ge' it and put it becomes pu' it.
I don't notice any different when the 'T' is at the beginning of a word or at the end of a sentence, so "Take it away." and "That's all you get" is the same ( "Tha's all you get. )"
I hear this with phone operators, cashiers, and even TV meteorologists to name some people I've noticed doing this.
It appears to me that that language is morphing and this sound is going away.
It's sort of like listening to people talk in movies made in the 1930's and early 1940's. You can understand the English language just fine, but the way of speaking would really stick out as odd today.
You're talking about substituting a glottal stop for a "T". It's been apart of certain dialects in England for IDK, hundreds of years. And yes, I've noticed it in the US the last decade or so. Even on TV. Annoying. I first noticed it among Native Americans whose Native language have the glottal stop. But only relatively recently have I noticed it among mainstream Americans, and only among people under about 30.
It's very common at the school I teach at. It drives me nuts and I think it has a socioeconomic cause.
That actually would make a fascinating thesis project. The title could be "Socioeconomic Predictors of Selected Word Pronunciation." It would be interesting how someone's income and education level causes certain words to be pronounced differently.
If anyone knows of such a study that already exists, if it's available online, it would be interesting to see.
Getting back to the original question, I have noticed this, even though I haven't really thought about it until now.
The kids can't afford 26 letters in their alphabet anymore?
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Well, they only have to buy vowels.
Most likely cause: To much trying to talk like a street thug because of TV, movies, and music videos.
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But as I understand it, it's definitely class-related in England.
