For the record, Michael and I barely ever argue for real; we have "disagreements." And he doesn't mind if I say "Stuff it, Michael" as long I back down and bow out gracefully when I'm wrong. (But of course I'm never wrong, so that's a moot clause to our "disagreements.")
So anyway, two questions for you:
:: Do you pronounce the "g" in words that end with -ing. For example, do you say "running" or "runnene"?
:: Do you pronounce pour, pore, and poor the same or differently?
The "g" completely depends on the word and the situation. When I'm teaching, I tend to put on my announcer voice, so everything comes out a little crisper than normal. I usually drop g's on when I'm speaking faster.
ReplyDeleteI do, though, pronounce pour, pore, and poor the same.
I second what Faith said above...on both things.
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ReplyDeleteI think I pronounce the g's, although like mentioned above I'm sure they are often dropped when I speaking fast or not paying attention. I pronounce them all the same (pour, pore, poor)
ReplyDeleteI pronounce the three words all the same way and pronounce 'g' too
ReplyDeleteI pronounce pour and pore the same way, but poor I give a little more depth to the "oo" in.
ReplyDeleteI pretty much always close the "ng" in those kinds of words--I assume that's what you mean, and not the Long Island way of actually giving a "g" at the end of the word as well? I don't drop the g entirely for an n, but I don't give a hard g after the ng either...
Does that make sense?
Doesn't it all depend on what part of the country you come from?
--Jenn
This is Stephan. I always stress the "g" when saying poor......wait what were we talking about?
ReplyDelete@Jenn - My husband and I both started out in the west and ended up in the south as kids, so you'd think we'd pronounce things the same, but he pronounces poor like you described and I don't say the g except in words like king and thing where it's part of the word.
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