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OK, I see (through the mud). I AM saying it the same way you say it. The tongue stays! It's not a definite two-syllable word. That's just the best way I could come up with to spell it phonetically earlier in the thread, because I thought you were referring to people who don't say the second "d" at all. It would be sort of laborious to say it as if the "int" were a separate syllable, actually.
Don't feel too bad, I had to say it out loud a few times as well to figure out what the two of you were saying. I say it the same way you do. The tongue stays. Call it a 1.5 syllable word. Like Orange. Orange is closer to a 1 syllable word than 2 for me. It isn't quite Ornge, but it isn't Or-ange either.
Don't feel too bad, I had to say it out loud a few times as well to figure out what the two of you were saying. I say it the same way you do. The tongue stays. Call it a 1.5 syllable word. Like Orange. Orange is closer to a 1 syllable word than 2 for me. It isn't quite Ornge, but it isn't Or-ange either.
Thought I already posted in this thread, but, don't see it, so I'll do it now.
As far back as I can remember, I've heard people pronounce didn't as if it is spelled did-dint, clearing sounding a third d. I don't think it is anything new. Same applies to other contractions when the word being contracted ends in d.
I write mainly timepieces. 1970's, and 1980's era.
You're writing about timepieces from the 1970s & 1980s? (Note: No apostrophes!)
Are you writing about Bulova, or Elgin, or some other (older) brand of timepiece, or are you writing about Seiko, Casio, and other--more recent--brands of timepieces?
Edited to add:
While I am clearly having sport with you, I hope you realize that my ultimate goal is to help you to improve the writing that (presumably) helps to pay your bills.
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Probably for the same reason most people pronounce words one way or another. That's how everyone around me pronounced them.
With often, either way is considered acceptable but it appears that a silent t is the more modern.
Maybe that's the clue...I'm not young enough
An amusing discussion of the matter. Take note of the poll and the comments about the analogy of others like words How Do You Pronounce “Often”?
Didn't- Hard to type how I say it but there's a bit of nasal use.
DID-DENT- How most young people are now saying it.
Same with Wouldn't, Couldn't, Shouldn't.
Ha! I thought I was alone in noticing this. It does, indeed, seem to be a fairly recent thing. Maybe in the last ten years.
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.
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