Wait a secont

[leepback]

I know we Aussies are pretty good at stuffing up the English language (e.g. many say "anyfink" instead of anything), but I find myself continually amused at the way some North Americans pronounce the word "second" ending it with a "T". :smile:

How did that come about? (probably hard to answer unles you are a linguistics historian)
How widespread is it?
Is it said in Canada?
Is it used for both the time measurement aspect as well as it's positional meaning?
Will it eventually be spelt that way?

 

[Mike Harvey]

You guys speak English... we speak American. It's a whole different language

 

[Taylor Rudd]

You guys speak English... we speak American. It's a whole different language

In Texas, it's a whole 'nother language.

 

[leepback]

You guys speak English... we speak American. It's a whole different language

HaHa....but only really half true. We actually speak "strine".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strine

 

[Jon Starr]

And we Canucks speak a half-hybrid of American and English, we call it Amglish.

Well no not really...

Secont? I can't even pronounce that or imagine how it sounds. I need to hear an example...

I mean maybe the "de" that the D makes can sound similar to a "te" if said quickly...

 

[thartley]

Yeah, I've tried to think of a defense for this one but cannot. We say secont.

Thanks for making me even more self-aware.

 

[mikkowilson]

My (American) wife adds a (different each word) weird extra consonant to some words when she says them. She can't hear it herself, but I can. Not sure if that's because I'm English.

Of course I can't think of any examples off the top of my head.

- Mikko

 

[leepback]

Secont? I can't even pronounce that or imagine how it sounds. I need to hear an example....

Next time I hear an example and have recorded it somehow, I'll post it, but it's fairly random and hard to plan for.

 

[leepback]

My (American) wife adds a (different each word) weird extra consonant to some words when she says them. She can't hear it herself, but I can. Not sure if that's because I'm English. - Mikko

Mikko - some of you Brits also add consonants.

An example, the word "hanging" would be HANG - GING.
An extra "G" sound is often added. (could be regional)

This cracks me up as well.

 

[leepback]

Thanks for making me even more self-aware.

Sorry about that chief.

Don't worry, just celebrate our differences. Makes the world more interesting.

 

[mikkowilson]

Mikko - some of you Brits also add consonants.

An example, the word "hanging" would be HANG - GING.
An extra "G" sound is often added. (could be regional)

This cracks me up as well.

True. I do think I say Hang-ging sometimes. Of course we spell things a little differently.

The times I notice my wife adds letters, it's always at the end of a word.

- Mikko

 

[Barry_Green]

Yeah, I've tried to think of a defense for this one but cannot. We say secont.

What's fun is that we change the d to a t in "second", but we change the t's to d's in "butter". Listen to an Englishman say "butter", then compare it to how Americans say "budder".

 

[Charli]

Another word spoken often in Texas is - fixin'

Fixin' to go eat.

Fixin' to get ready.

Fixin' to go to school or work.

 

[Zim]

or there is no "noise" in Illinois

 

[ilauzirika]

I've been to Britain, the states and Canada.....do you even speak the same language???? it happens the same to Spanish, Many times I can't even understand some people from south america.... sometimes even from the south part of Spain hahaha (like a New yorker in LA I suppose).

 

[mikkowilson]

Nah, you can't understand New Yorkers anywhere....



- Mikko