Reanalysis of "adult" as "a dult".

I refer to one adult as "a dult" and more than one as "dults". Anyone else here do such?

No....

Never heard of that... it's "an adult"... I stress the second syllable.

In my case, the stress is identical - "adult" [@"dV5t], "a dult" [@ "dV5t] - but nonetheless, that reanalysis doesn't seem natural to me at all.

When stressing the syllables of the word "adult", isn't the noun A-dult and the adjective a-DULT?

No. Most dictionaries list both stress patterns for "adult", regardless of the part of speech. I use the same pronunciation, [@"dV5t], for both.

And I say aDULT for each -- never AD-dult. But that's just personal preference.

(And to me, AD-dult always sounds much like "addled", so it makes me smile.)

Uriel....when will you master X-sampa? Too heavy for your brain! ;)

Sorry, Guest -- I hate X-SAMPA and deliberately ignore it. Personal quirk.

Now I'll tell you about the origin of "nickname." It was originally from "an ekename"; back in middle English the 'n' in "an" would be pronounced as part of the first syllable of the word that followed the "an." So that is the origin.

I pronounce "adult" as [@:"dVM?] whereas I pronounce "a dult" as [%@:"dVM?] or [%e:"dVM?] myself.