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I'm curious. I'm an amateur screenwriter that is always noticing trends, and usually turned off by most of them. Lately I'm hearing a lot of people (many younger) pronouncing things different. I need to know if I have been saying the words wrong for 37 years, or what's going on.
Here is a couple, and please add some of your own if any come to mind. If I'm wrong in how I pronounce it please tell me.
Refinancing- I say it as it's spelled
REFA-NANCING- How I hear it in commercials lately.
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.
Louisville- Louieville is how I say it.
LOW-VOL- How millions say it, but I have no clue HOW they got it that far off.
Louisville- Louieville is how I say it.
LOW-VOL- How millions say it, but I have no clue HOW they got it that far off.
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Local people in Louisville pronounce it LOO-a-vull (rhymes with "dutiful"), and have browbeaten outsiders to say it that way, the way people do in OAR-i-gun and NAW-lins. It's NASH-vull, too. It hasn't happened yet in CHAWLZ-ton and ma-WAWK-y.
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.
Are you talking about a glottal stop, like in "oh no she di'int"? I can't think of any other way to say it than "did-dent"
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Louisville- Louieville is how I say it.
LOW-VOL- How millions say it, but I have no clue HOW they got it that far off.
So clear me up on this.
As mentioned above, saying "Lewieville" is a sure sign you're from out of town in Louisville.
I've always seemed to find that people who say did-int, could-int, etc., also say axe for ask.
Huh? I'm not sure I understand. I wouldn't know how to pronounce the word without -int on the end. Unless I'm mispronouncing what you're trying to type I have no clue what you're talking about. I sure as hell don't say axe.
Huh? I'm not sure I understand. I wouldn't know how to pronounce the word without -int on the end. Unless I'm mispronouncing what you're trying to type I have no clue what you're talking about. I sure as hell don't say axe.
Because Didn't has no "i" between the d and n. So when pronounced the n't is run together rather than adding the "i".
I'm an amateur screenwriter that is always noticing trends, and usually turned off by most of them. Lately I'm hearing a lot of people (many younger) pronouncing things different.
Expecting to hear correct pronunciations from the younger set is only slightly less silly than expecting a dog to display good hygiene practices.
And, for the sake of your writing, please make yourself more familiar with proper use of adverbs. Instead of "different", you should have used the word "differently".
I'm curious. I'm an amateur screenwriter that is always noticing trends, and usually turned off by most of them. Lately I'm hearing a lot of people (many younger) pronouncing things different. I need to know if I have been saying the words wrong for 37 years, or what's going on.
Here is a couple, and please add some of your own if any come to mind. If I'm wrong in how I pronounce it please tell me.
Refinancing- I say it as it's spelled
REFA-NANCING- How I hear it in commercials lately.
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.
Louisville- Louieville is how I say it.
LOW-VOL- How millions say it, but I have no clue HOW they got it that far off.
So clear me up on this.
Language isn't static - go read Chaucer or Shakespeare or any of the classics. Nor is pronunciation. There are almost too many cultural and regional differences to count. As an aspiring screenwriter, I think you'd need to be aware of those to be authentic, no?
And bonus, I now know how to pronounce Louisville like a native.
Huh? I'm not sure I understand. I wouldn't know how to pronounce the word without -int on the end. Unless I'm mispronouncing what you're trying to type I have no clue what you're talking about. I sure as hell don't say axe.
Thanks, I don't get this either. I say DID-int. I also sure as hell don't say "axe", lol.
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