Why Grammar Matters: A Place To Discuss Matters Of Grammar

[Ancaster]

3 hours ago, nokat said:

Americans will hit that hard T, so yes briTTany. BriT--Tany. Okay, so some regions have accents. There is a region of the US that is considered to be without an accent, so news people are encouraged to speak with this non-accent.

I find that Americans rarely pronounce the "hard T".  I hear them pronounce little as liddle, pitiful as piddiful, literally as lidderally, beautiful as beaudiful*, etc.  For years when asked if I wanted anything to drink at a restaurant, my husband would pipe up on my behalf because I pronounced an actual T but not the R in water (wadderr anyone?).

*  Or in my mother-in-law's case, beeyoodiful, but she was from The Bronx 😆

 

Edited 7 hours ago by Ancaster