It's not really sloppy. It's just how real people talk.
Flap t in "seventy"
Come on, Uriel. "Real people" don't go around saying "niney" and "sevenny." That IS sloppy. ADMIT IT.
Everyone I know says "nine-dee" and "seven-dee." ADMIT IT.
Everyone I know says "nine-dee" and "seven-dee." ADMIT IT.
If you say 'niney,' you're going to get looked at funny. Period.
Even when people are rushing through something they say a hundred times, like "Call now, it's only $9.95," that D is still present.
And when Windows 95 was released, Bill Gates was still a nerd with no social skills. He's not a good example.
Even when people are rushing through something they say a hundred times, like "Call now, it's only $9.95," that D is still present.
And when Windows 95 was released, Bill Gates was still a nerd with no social skills. He's not a good example.
Thank you, Drew, for adding a little intelligence to this thread. I thought I was alone. Uriel has definitely lost some respect from me, for not being able to admit he or she was obviously wrong.
Somehow I find that I'm okay with not having your respect. You can imagine how much of mine you currently merit.
LOL... Why? Because I proved you wrong? You could save more face by just admitting you were wrong, and then we'd be friends again.
>>Timothy Fri Jan 22, 2010 9:23 am GMT
>Why? Because I proved you wrong?
No. Because you're acting like a total douche. I think you're right but I don't feel the need to rub other people's noses in it. Why would I?
>Why? Because I proved you wrong?
No. Because you're acting like a total douche. I think you're right but I don't feel the need to rub other people's noses in it. Why would I?
I don't think you proved anything, Timothy. You've just been repeating that you're right, while she's been repeating that you're wrong. This doesn't really amount to anyone having brought about a "smoking gun" proof. This thread is not a mathematical problem in which you have to prove or disprove a given conjecture by means of axioms, theorems, etc.
>>Uriel has definitely lost some respect from me<<
And exactly who do you think you are? And exactly what makes you think she actually cares?
PS Uriel, don't worry about what he says. Jealousy tends to evoke that kind of reaction.
I swear you're the best.
And exactly who do you think you are? And exactly what makes you think she actually cares?
PS Uriel, don't worry about what he says. Jealousy tends to evoke that kind of reaction.
I swear you're the best.
Thanks, Hahoo. I'm afraid I see no reason to apologize for what amounts to a difference of opinion.
I personally say niney all the time. If I was speaking carefully, I would say ninety. I would never say ninedy. If anybody has ever looked at me funny for saying niney, I didn't notice.
I would never say sevenny. Even if I was counting fast and slurring, it would still come out sedndy or sebmdy or even sendy, but never sevenny. If I heard somebody say it that way, I think I would notice, and I might wonder if they had a cold and had to breathe through their mouth.
My pronunciation:
20 and 90 have just an n sound.
30, 40, and 80 have a flap t.
50 and 60 have a t sound.
70 has a d sound.
I would never say sevenny. Even if I was counting fast and slurring, it would still come out sedndy or sebmdy or even sendy, but never sevenny. If I heard somebody say it that way, I think I would notice, and I might wonder if they had a cold and had to breathe through their mouth.
My pronunciation:
20 and 90 have just an n sound.
30, 40, and 80 have a flap t.
50 and 60 have a t sound.
70 has a d sound.
20 and 90 have just an n sound.
30, 40, and 80 have a flap t.
50 and 60 have a t sound.
70 has a d sound.
//These make English pronunciation very tricky.
30, 40, and 80 have a flap t.
50 and 60 have a t sound.
70 has a d sound.
//These make English pronunciation very tricky.