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Posted January 27, 2013 03:58 · last edited January 27, 2013 05:26

Okay, this is under the category 'linguists  I have known'.

Apparently we've had 50 years of relaxing forced articulation, 'get off' now become 'gedd off' and little difference between 'illumination' and 'elimination'. A couple of things have gone the other way.  1. The glottal stop/ glottal reinforcement had become stronger for 't', so 'a bid of bedda  buda' has returned to ' a bit of better butter'. 2.  Announciation for comic effect.  3. The'schwa' 'Wembley' is becoming 'Wem ba lee', 'ugly' is moving to 'ug a lee'.

So Fortean Times, 'yure nod ga wan mad, yure ex aggerly right.'


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extract edited January 27, 2013 05:26

Okay, this is under the category 'linguistists  I have known'.

Apparently we've had 50 years of relaxing forced articulation, 'get off' now become 'gedd off' and little difference between 'illumination' and 'elimination'. A couple of things have gone the other way.  1. The glottal stop/ glottal reinforcement had become stronger for 't', so 'a bid of bedda  buda' has returned to ' a bit of better butter'. 2.  Announciation for comic effect.  3. The'schwa' 'Wembley' is becoming 'Wem ba lee', 'ugly' is moving to 'ug a lee'.

So Fortean Times, 'yure nod ga wan mad, yure ex aggerly right.'