Why can't millennials & Gen-Z pronounce consonants?

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7:09a, 5/3/21
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I can't be the only person who has noticed this. Younger Americans routinely mispronounce words with certain double consonants in the middle. The best example of this is the word "important."

The youngs don't say important. They say impor'ant.

Button becomes buh'un.

Certain becomes ser'un.

I'm certain this is a sign of our downfall as a nation.
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7:10a, 5/3/21
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Lol wut??
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7:13a, 5/3/21
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This was the exact thing running through my mind while the VBM fraud was going on last November!
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In reply to AggieRain • 7:14a, 5/3/21
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AggieRain said:
Lol wut??
Just start listening. Listen to one Candace Owens podcast. Or listen to Kat Timpf. Or have a conversation with my daughter.

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7:15a, 5/3/21
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It's spelling "Fighting" OP
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7:16a, 5/3/21
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Yes! And vocal fry. It's like they're intentionally trying to sound dumb. I blame the Kardashians.
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7:16a, 5/3/21
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Certain manners of speech have propagated through these generations over media and that includes quirks like this. The speech is often more effeminate or childlike and carries more elements of pop culture in it.

Also, this annoying phenomenon:


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7:16a, 5/3/21
Annoying innit??
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In reply to Carlo4 • 7:16a, 5/3/21
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Carlo4 said:
It's spelling "Fighting" OP


Doh!
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In reply to Fightin TX Aggie • 7:16a, 5/3/21
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Fightin TX Aggie said:
I can't be the only person who has noticed this. Younger Americans routinely mispronounce words with certain double consonants in the middle. The best example of this is the word "important."

The youngs don't say important. They say impor'ant.

Button becomes buh'un.

Certain becomes ser'un.

I'm certain this is a sign of our downfall as a nation.


"Important" is definitely the word where it's most noticeable. I don't know where this speech pattern came from.
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7:18a, 5/3/21
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Peer pressure remains a primary reason for many dumbass decisions in our society.
I love Texas Aggie sports, but I love Texas A&M more.
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In reply to MouthBQ98 • 7:20a, 5/3/21
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MouthBQ98 said:
Certain manners of speech have propagated through these generations over media and that includes quirks like this. The speech is often more effeminate and carries more elements of pop culture in it.

Also, this annoying phenomenon:


Ha! Yes!
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7:20a, 5/3/21
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I challenge them to pronounce unemployed.
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7:21a, 5/3/21
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Elections are when people find out what politicians stand for, and politicians find out what people will fall for.
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In reply to Cromagnum • 7:22a, 5/3/21
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I challenge them to pronounce unemployed.


It's pronounced "stim-U-lus check"


Paw paws out there can't pronounce Chipotle & thinks Kroger is plural.

Whines about how these crazy kids talk today
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7:23a, 5/3/21
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Thanks for bringing this to light OP. As the dad of two teen daughters this has become on of my biggest pet peeves in life. How ****ing hard is it to pronounce the letter t in the middle of a word?
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7:23a, 5/3/21
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Because kids dont learn to read using phonics anymore
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7:26a, 5/3/21
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Kind of like dumb Bri'ish people
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In reply to BMX Bandit • 7:28a, 5/3/21
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BMX Bandit said:
Cromagnum said:
I challenge them to pronounce unemployed.


It's pronounced "stim-U-lus check"


Paw paws out there can't pronounce Chipotle & thinks Kroger is plural.

Whines about how these crazy kids talk today
my grandpa always called mozzarella cheese Maserati cheese
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In reply to Carlo4 • 7:30a, 5/3/21
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It's spelling "Fighting" OP
It is spelled wash not wa(r)sh
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7:35a, 5/3/21
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I have one kid in middle school and one in high school and I have never noticed them or their friends pronouncing words like that. I have heard it in Cockney and some other British accents. I have no idea what the Kardashians sound like.

Maybe they want to be like this guy.

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In reply to BMX Bandit • 7:41a, 5/3/21
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BMX Bandit said:
Cromagnum said:
I challenge them to pronounce unemployed.


It's pronounced "stim-U-lus check"


Paw paws out there can't pronounce Chipotle & thinks Kroger is plural.

Whines about how these crazy kids talk today


They don't even say that. They call it "stimmies"
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7:42a, 5/3/21
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Accents also play a role in pronunciation and there's not much you can do about it. Hell, I probably sound like a hayseed to many on this board and I have an MBA from a top 40 B-School.
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7:45a, 5/3/21
Errrbody that age sounds like that.
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In reply to Wyoming Aggie • 7:45a, 5/3/21
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RockTXAggie said:
Accents also play a role in pronunciation and there's not much you can do about it. Hell, I probably sound like a hayseed to many on this board and I have an MBA from a top 40 B-School.
you related to Derm?
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In reply to Fightin TX Aggie • 7:47a, 5/3/21
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Fightin TX Aggie said:
I can't be the only person who has noticed this. Younger Americans routinely mispronounce words with certain double consonants in the middle. The best example of this is the word "important."

The youngs don't say important. They say impor'ant.

Button becomes buh'un.

Certain becomes ser'un.

I'm certain this is a sign of our downfall as a nation.


Are you not from Texas? This is a dialect issue. Not a generational one.
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In reply to Fightin TX Aggie • 7:49a, 5/3/21
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Fightin TX Aggie said:
I can't be the only person who has noticed this. Younger Americans routinely mispronounce words with certain double consonants in the middle. The best example of this is the word "important."

The youngs don't say important. They say impor'ant.

Button becomes buh'un.

Certain becomes ser'un.

I'm certain this is a sign of our downfall as a nation.


I feel like this is a Texas colloquialism ... I am 40 and I say But'n, surt'n, and import' nt...
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In reply to cmag • 7:50a, 5/3/21
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Those clouds are bothersome!
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In reply to SpreadsheetAg • 7:51a, 5/3/21
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SpreadsheetAg said:
Fightin TX Aggie said:
I can't be the only person who has noticed this. Younger Americans routinely mispronounce words with certain double consonants in the middle. The best example of this is the word "important."

The youngs don't say important. They say impor'ant.

Button becomes buh'un.

Certain becomes ser'un.

I'm certain this is a sign of our downfall as a nation.


I feel like this is a Texas colloquialism ... I am 40 and I say But'n, surt'n, and import' nt...


This is different than what the OP is talking about.
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7:51a, 5/3/21
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Elimination of tt sound is/was a northeastern, particularly South Jersey/Philadelphia inflection.

I talked like that when younger growing up and my parents trained it out of me, mostly...

Kids are probably picking it up from YouTube or hollywood airheads.
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7:55a, 5/3/21
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I've got both a millennial and a Gen-Z.
Never heard this speech pattern before.
I guess all the dough I spent on hoity toity Sydney North Shore private girls school was worth it.
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The sitting president always says, 'mannafacturing' every single time!!! Maybe that is Joe from Scranton?
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7:56a, 5/3/21
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OP needs to change their handle and stop smoking crack.
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