I say "grosch-er-ee" and now I'm worried that it makes other people retch whenever I say it. Sorry, retchers! Although, the tendency for east coasters to leave the double t's out of words (kitten> kih-en, button>buh-on) kinda makes me retch too.
― Tom Pagnozzi (Z S), Wednesday, 19 August 2009 02:11 (fourteen years ago) link
i alternate. sometimes my t's are so crisp.
― I love rainbow cookies (surm), Wednesday, 19 August 2009 02:18 (fourteen years ago) link
For some reason, this thread is cracking me up.
― youn, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 02:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Z S i do that. sorry! but i can't make my mouth say it any other way unless i try really hard.
― permanent response lopp (harbl), Wednesday, 19 August 2009 03:06 (fourteen years ago) link
sometimes i'll even say it like all british with the very, very slight CHH sound on the "t"
"i lost the buttchon"
but that's not very common
― I love rainbow cookies (surm), Wednesday, 19 August 2009 03:09 (fourteen years ago) link
thinkin about this--i drop t's at the end of sentences too. "i couldn't do ih"
― permanent response lopp (harbl), Wednesday, 19 August 2009 03:19 (fourteen years ago) link
I never knew "grosch" pronunciations were regional.
― Indiana Morbs and the Curse of the Ivy League Chorister (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, August 18, 2009 9:00 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
as far as i can tell, it isn't regional
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 19 August 2009 12:02 (fourteen years ago) link
I feel like I'm putting on fancy airs if I pronounce the double ts in the middle of words. I think I do that t-dropping think at the ends of sentences that harbl describes, too.
I was hanging out with my cousin and a friend of his last week and they both have awesome mid-Atlantic accents and the friend would finish sentences with the USA mid-Atlantic regional equivalent of "innit," which is more like "idnit?" (or "dudnit?" or "wudnit?" for "doesn't it?" and "wasn't it?" respectively) and it made me nostalgic and a little sad because I used to say that all the time until people from NJ, a state with plenty of linguistic quirks of its own, that I met in college mocked it right out of my speech.
― she is writing about love (Jenny), Wednesday, 19 August 2009 12:18 (fourteen years ago) link
I feel like I'm putting on fancy airs if I pronounce the double ts in the middle of words.
Had a friend in college who did this, overenunciating the "t" in words where most Americans would either drop it or turn it into a "d." Turns out her dad was English and she had lived there until she was 9, but her accent wasn't strong enough for that to be obvious, so a lot of people just thought she was pretentious.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 12:47 (fourteen years ago) link
people who voted for anything other than gross-ree are disgusting savages imo
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 12:50 (fourteen years ago) link
OK surm, I wanna meet you so I can hear this.
― Indiana Morbs and the Curse of the Ivy League Chorister (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 19 August 2009 13:21 (fourteen years ago) link
well it's very like virginia woolfe from the hours
― I love rainbow cookies (surm), Wednesday, 19 August 2009 13:30 (fourteen years ago) link
that's why i don't do it that often... maybe in the privacy of my own home more than anything else
― I love rainbow cookies (surm), Wednesday, 19 August 2009 13:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh I didn't go near that shit. I couldn't even get 60 pages into Mrs. Dalloway. xp
― Indiana Morbs and the Curse of the Ivy League Chorister (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 19 August 2009 13:32 (fourteen years ago) link
omgosh i know i've tried mrs dalloway like 3 times
― I love rainbow cookies (surm), Wednesday, 19 August 2009 13:33 (fourteen years ago) link
My favorite answer to this poll would be at 1:49 on this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8Szl_JyCUQ
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