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[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I believe it's called affrication -- changing a stop to a fricative.

T can become "ch", and d can become a "j" sound.

This can happen in some North American accents when you have a T or D followed by an r or a y sound.

Train might sound like Chrain*, Drain might sound like Jrain.

My favourite is "Tuesday", where some people add a y before the "oo" sound, and it becomes "Chewsday". Or "Chewsdi" if they shorten the "day" to "dee".

The "y" before "oo" can also happen in words like news and tube, giving us a potential for "Chyoob" instead of "tube".

I've found that t to ch before r is more common among Gen X and younger, and Boomers tend to only make the change before y. But Gen X and younger tend to not have the y in words like "tube", so that comes up less often.

D to J before r seems to be pretty common in all ages.

Getting people to hear the difference can be hard, especially if they're self conscious about it. If you can get someone to say "Dane" and "Drain" (without saying the words yourself), then you can probably hear the difference...as long as they don't know that you're listening for a dr => jr sound change. Most people, even those who make tr => chr and dr => jr naturally are still capable of producing pure "tr" and "dr" if they try.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

TLDR - english accents allow for grotesque changes in phonetics and think it's ok

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't call it grotesque. "t" and "ch" are very similar sounds, phonetically.

I think we're all okay with language change, unless you're pronouncing the k in "knife", the p in pterodactyl, and the gh in "laugh" glottally instead of like an "f".

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

The knight's knife shines in the night. Now with an aussie accent:

the noyt's noyf shoyns in the noyt

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Da naits naif shainz in da nait!

[-] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I never noticed that since I'm from the North East, but that definitely comes from our British ancestors. I always laugh at Simon Whistler (from his many YouTube channels) when he says "tube" because it definitely sounds like "chewb" ๐Ÿ˜‚

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