Replacing a "d" with a "t"? (Accent question) (areas, gay)

[Dotty19]

I'm in Bowie right now (DC suburb) and this seems to be a common thing up here. A lot of the people up here talk like this naturally and consistantly. Even a guy I met from Ohio talks like that. It could've rubbed off on him but its uncany how frequently I've been hearing this since I got here!

[Craziaskowboi]

There's a Huntingdon County, PA. I always thought that was funny.

[jeffredo]

Another African-American pronunciation that's creeping into general usage among all young people is using an "sh" sound when saying words that start with an "st" such as street ("sh-treet"), strong (sh-trong") and straight (sh-traight). I just started noticing it in the last 10-20 years - probably from the huge popularity of Hip-Hop and Rap culture spreading to the mainstream.

[Craziaskowboi]

Originally Posted by jeffredo

Another African-American pronunciation that's creeping into general usage among all young people is using an "sh" sound when saying words that start with an "st" such as street ("sh-treet"), strong (sh-trong") and straight (sh-traight). I just started noticing it in the last 10-20 years - probably from the huge popularity of Hip-Hop and Rap culture spreading to the mainstream.

I don't hear that as much as I hear the "sk-" being substituted for "st-." Then you end up with "skreet," "skrong" and "skraight."

[Cliff Clavin]

These examples all sound like really bad english, not accents.

[Dotty19]

I've never heard that "sh" or "sk"... ever. Have you heard it anywhere specific?

Originally Posted by Cliff Clavin

These examples all sound like really bad english, not accents.

I don't agree with that per say. Where exactly do you draw the line between an accent or dialect and bad English?

[DinsdalePirahna]

Someone once picked up that I was from Poughkeepsie, NY because of the way I said "Acrosst da Hudson"

[Bart37]

Originally Posted by Dotty19

I've been noticing this way of saying certain words where the speaker will replace the d at the end of a word with a t sound.

For example:
Callt instead of called
Ast instead of asked
Bat instead of bad
tolt instead of told
and etc.

But the question i'm asking is is this a mostly black thing? I ask because i've heard black people from different regions (Deep south, upper south, Mid-Atlantic, and North-east) using this way of changing sounds but i've only heard black people speak this way.
(btw - I'm black and I do it from time to time)

I disagree that it is a southern thing. It is rife in all parts of the USA.
Black people cannot (don't, won't?) pronounce the "d" at the end of most words. I go to da bet (I'm going to bed)
We have a goot one here (we have a good one here)
You are covert Rodney (You are covered Rodney)


And of course the old standard. I will axe him (I will ask him)

[Spade]

The Lort instead of Lord.

[Spade]

Originally Posted by Craziaskowboi

I don't hear that as much as I hear the "sk-" being substituted for "st-." Then you end up with "skreet," "skrong" and "skraight."

That's rural old school Black Southern speech. The younger new school Black speech throughout the country does emphasize the "sh" in street, strong, and straight. I honestly thought it was common.