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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsElision is destroying the English language, I think.
Think about it: When was the last time you heard someone refer to the chief executive of this country as anything other than something like "presenitedstates?" Even educated professionals in media elide that series of words. Nobody I've heard recently has enunciated "President of the United States." It's not that difficult to say it correctly. Really it isn't.
How about, "Ahmo kick your ass!" How did "I'm going to" turn into "Ahmo," or even "Imunna?"
Wypipo is the same thing. It's nothing more than an elision of "white people."
We do it constantly. It bothers me, unless it's funny. "Ahmo kick your ass" is funny. I can't never take it seriously. Same with "wypipo." I know what it means. We wouldn't be offended if it was "white people." Same thing, though, exactly. It's funny, I think.
Enunciate; don't Elide!
madamesilverspurs
(15,796 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,304 posts)Some changes stick, some don't. Some go away and come back.
Squinch
(50,901 posts)madinmaryland
(64,931 posts)She tells me to clean the wax out of my ears!
Demit
(11,238 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,514 posts)Demit
(11,238 posts)ismnotwasm
(41,955 posts)In all honesty though, texting is changing the language as are on-line dictionaries such as urban dictionary. Slang enters the language and becomes idiom, which evolves into acceptable ways of expression. Regional accents also have an effect. That being said, I have a slurry/slangy expletive laden way of talking when relaxed, but at my job as a nurse, I enunciate clearly, and choose words carefully to facilitate good communication with my patients. (I am also a natural mimic, and Ill pick up speech patterns and accents quickly if Im not careful)
eppur_se_muova
(36,246 posts)Hekate
(90,523 posts)Actually, it's the glottal stops that bug me most, like newscasters who say Hillary Cli'un
hatrack
(59,564 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,361 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Elision! https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210560524
He didn't like that Americans use phrases like "I wanna" and "I'm gunna". We must all speak proper Queen's English and enunciate!
salin
(48,955 posts)class.
Ex.:
I would of gone to the store.
Maybe I really should of gone to the story
I might of gone to the store.
If some one had told me I really needed to go.
malaise
(268,641 posts)People write it the way they pronounce it
salin
(48,955 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,262 posts)https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/could-ve
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/should-ve
You don't have to use the full 'have', just avoid the nonsensical 'of'.
salin
(48,955 posts)She did it so thoroughly, I have never forgotten the lesson.
I still find the example of poor enunciation creeping into writing to be rather funny.
EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)MineralMan
(146,248 posts)I heard it later on from guys I met 'nem.
3catwoman3
(23,940 posts)...gentleman has a very pronounced accent (to my Yankee ear) and speaks very fast. When he calls to speak to my husband, he always says, "Hah, thisbubbaknaispeektofeel."
Hi. This is Bubba. Can I speak to Phil?
I am guilty of glottal stopping the "t" in Clinton. How do she and Bill pronounce it?
I have been wondering WTH Wypipo stood for.