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Pr0xenus 8 points ago +9 / -1

Seemingly nobody under the age of 40 can pronounce the words; Mountain, Button, Carton, Threaten, etc.

I only knew a small handful of people when I was growing up, who had this issue....Now, it's 'Boomer' & weird if you don't sound like a retard while attempting to use these words.

I don't get it.

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ButteryFumes 9 points ago +9 / -0

👊 You get it. Thank you. I am one of those people who is very tuned into sounds and specifically voices. Vocal fry like Blasey-Ford and other lazy and affected vocal bad habits just grate on my ears. Also when people end every sentence as a question? Like they are not really sure about what they’re saying? And they need you to validate and affirm their every thought? 😂

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VelveetaJohnson 4 points ago +4 / -0

Dude, I heard that just like you meant it.

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Pr0xenus 3 points ago +3 / -0

I agree. I don't notice the 'Vocal Fry' as much as the others you mentioned.

Everything else does drive me up the wall as well.

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Michigirl 4 points ago +4 / -0

I'm a tiny bit over 40 and from Michigan. It might be a Michigan thing. I do not say the 't' in any of those words. But until till today, I never really thought about it.

Thanks.

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Pr0xenus 7 points ago +7 / -0

It's not necessarily the hard 'T' we are talking about... it's the weird, halting , almost two separate words.

e.g. Button = Buh - En.

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Michigirl 3 points ago +3 / -0

Ah, okay. I don't think I say them as two words, just don't pronounce the t. More like, 'buh'n,' 'moun'n.' With a hard stop where the t should be.

I'm over thinking this now. Gah!

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Pr0xenus 4 points ago +4 / -0

haha...I think you are.

No worries. It's the strained, hard pause between syllables we found jarring.

Have a MAGA day, Centipede! Trump won by a LOT!!