tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929284578930372562.post5192952527680129274..comments2023-09-11T10:07:46.666+01:00Comments on Linguistics Research Digest: Staying, or goin’?Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05100573030401547729noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929284578930372562.post-23747990841261125762012-07-23T08:31:22.181+01:002012-07-23T08:31:22.181+01:00Interesting comment! Some of us have been looking ...Interesting comment! Some of us have been looking at UK and US differences in this variable but I'm not sure that any studies have looked at the quality of the vowel - any thoughts anyone?Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05100573030401547729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929284578930372562.post-65019122636318641332012-07-23T08:22:17.806+01:002012-07-23T08:22:17.806+01:00You're guessing that the "i" in &quo...You're guessing that the "i" in "in'" is being heard as an English short "i", and replaced by a Spanish "i"?<br /><br />The trouble with that is that the way "ing" us usually pronounced casually among North Americans, there's really no "i" of any kind there. It's almost a glottal stop sometimes, but not quite. No real vowel is perceptible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929284578930372562.post-38871937102324813012012-07-22T22:21:11.388+01:002012-07-22T22:21:11.388+01:00If there's a Mexican influence, could this be ...If there's a Mexican influence, could this be like the Polish "ingk" pronunciation, then, showing the influence of a person's other language? There is no vowel corresponding to the English short 'i' in Spanish, after all.Jenny Cheshirenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929284578930372562.post-61818216722713467522012-07-21T04:49:27.963+01:002012-07-21T04:49:27.963+01:00I believe I've observed many young people in s...I believe I've observed many young people in southern California pronouncing "ing" as "een". There might be a Mexican influence in it, maybe not. In any case, I'm guessing that it's a deliberate "correction" from the more casual "in'", but without awareness of the full "ng" sound.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com