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I notice the "did-dent", too but thought it was part of a regional accent. What is with that? Is it correct? I've probably been wrong all these years and I didn't know it. Also, why do people say things like "it was so fun" "very fun"? - it sounds weird to me. I thought "fun" was a noun not an adjective. Oh, a little aside - very few people know how to pronounce "beauchamp" but I met a few that do and they mostly come from England.
The American pronunciation of words in the English language is generally agreed upon, however, when it comes to proper names, pretty much "anything goes".
The one that really gets me is pronouncing "important" as "impor-Dant". Of course, it really annoys me when people (predominantly younger females) acquire the manner of affected speech that could best be described as "faux upscale". Here is Rachel Cruze (Dave Ramsey's daughter), who is a good example of someone who has this phony speech pattern.
I was already irritated with the "Keith Urban-wannabe" fellow, using words such as "like," "totally," and basically just DRONING ON until he finally let her speak, and then -- stop. Couldn't watch beyond her first few sentences.
She has that awful "creaky" voice teens and young adults have adopted, which I THINK originated in California and was then played-up in the media as the "Valley Girl accent" for purposes of humiliation. Sadly, it has continued, and not only with young women! Guys do this, too! Those sharp, sibilant "s's" and "c's" make me shudder. It seems like it takes so much energy to speak that way.
Later: I just tried it, and WOW you really have to OPEN your MOUTH and not breathe fully. I felt the air in the back of my throat being pushed back in order to speak that way.
The town I used to live in is named Springfield, and there is a contingent of people who pronounce it SpringFELD. These are the same people who pronounce pen and pin as if they were the same word. I tried to point out that the name of the town is Springfeeuld - like yield - but they honestly don't seem to hear the difference, so I gave up.
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