linguistics in the news: case of the missing "t"

[Wilson Gray]

Yes. This style of pronunciation is currently hip. Cf. the
catch-phrase expressing astonishment at, e.g. a social gaffe:

"Aw, naw NP [dI?n]!"

-Wilson



On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 8:43 PM, James Harbeck <jharbeck at sympatico.ca> wrote:
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> I noted on an episode of _Law and Order_ that one young black
> defendent pronounced "didn't" (in an emphatic position) as [dI?Int].
> I found that very interesting -- d to glottal stop. Never encountered
> by me before. I had the suspicion it was self-consciously done.
>
> James Harbeck.
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