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Just Chat! / ?disappearing consonants in English
« on: 21/07/2010 19:11:14 »
HI
I am English, living overseas. I listen to a lot of BBC podcasts and am sad to hear that consonants seem to be disappearing from English words. Even some people who are educated - and yes, even people on the naked scientist programmes - drop consonants from their speech in increasing numbers. A lo' o' people can' seem to say 't's any more. F is disappearing at the end of words like of. Th is turning into 'v' - muvver etc. 'G' is goin'.Even the word 'like' which gets into some sentences every other word is losing the 'k'. It's li' I wan' lo's o' thin's ou' there li'e, bu' jus' can' ge' a job righ' now.
Any theories about this? Do people living in England notice this? Does anyone care?
I am English, living overseas. I listen to a lot of BBC podcasts and am sad to hear that consonants seem to be disappearing from English words. Even some people who are educated - and yes, even people on the naked scientist programmes - drop consonants from their speech in increasing numbers. A lo' o' people can' seem to say 't's any more. F is disappearing at the end of words like of. Th is turning into 'v' - muvver etc. 'G' is goin'.Even the word 'like' which gets into some sentences every other word is losing the 'k'. It's li' I wan' lo's o' thin's ou' there li'e, bu' jus' can' ge' a job righ' now.
Any theories about this? Do people living in England notice this? Does anyone care?