How do you pronounce the present participial suffix "ing"?

[swag]

Poll question: How do you pronounce the present participial suffix "ing"?

[marzipanni]

1. Some native San Francisco area people I know

seem to say 'swimmeeng' or 'ski'eeng', with or without the g. I never noticed that pronunciation before living here in northern California. Do you hear this in a certain region of the U.S.?

[swag]

2. I hear a similar thing daily from a guy from South Dakota, a woman from

Wisconsin, and a woman from Oregon.

"Working" becomes "workeen," "drinking" becomes "drinkeen," and so on.

[In_The_Wind]

3. It depends on my length of time south of the Mason-Dixon Line.

Most of the time these days 'ing' comes out sounding like 'in' cause I've returned to my Southern Roots.

[bridgit]

5. nice talk'n to'ya...

hubby calls it 'cowboy talk' & uses it in his various writings :donut:

[swag]

6. Drinkin', fightin', and fuckin'.

[In_The_Wind]

8. I never could understand "time to get right and fight". What's up with dat

now Drinkin', Smokin' and Fuckin' goes pretty damed good together

[swag]

21. That's true. As long as you don't drink and smoke yourself into

nothin'.

[windlight]

23. I thought it was 'nutin'

:silly:

[swag]

24. Notheen.

[bridgit]

10. i watched that Andy docu last night, and i think it is time...

to retire Ken Burns, or Rick Burns or whomever from our national documentarian filmmaker registry; if that was 'the big burns', then he should have been made to stop after the civil war = baseball sucked = jazz sucked = something else sucked i am sure; and i've seen all 'the kind Andy' in that piece elsewhere cept this time more pedestrian as though that lent a sense of gravity to a subject in many regards lighter than air oh well

i will nevertheless watch the second part cause i still love me some Andy

[swag]

12. That's too bad.

I'm glad I missed it. Ended up being out of the house last night.

[swag]

13. That's too bad.

I'm glad I missed it. Ended up being out of the house last night.

[In_The_Wind]

7. Ah yep!

Southern speak rolls off my tongue like water off a duck's back.

Top of the morning to you, miss bridgit! :loveya:

[bridgit]

9. morning, Joan...

:-)

[bridgit]

4. it's actually the 'bean thing', no accounting for region & dialectic...

[sendero]

11. Depends entirely...

.. on the word it's attached to. Could be "ing" or could be "in" :)

[datasuspect]

14. i'll see your present participial suffix

and raise you a dangling modifier

[anarch]

15. 'n'

As in, "I done been drinkin' some Jack Daniels."

[wildhorses]

16. what's the 'g' for anyway?

why ya'll wanta go to all the trouble?

Ya'll need to kick your shoes off and stay awhile.

So uptight over a lil bitty letter :shrug:

[datasuspect]

17. it's for british people

"that fuck-ING poxy bugger-ING sod!"

[Bucky]

18. You'd be right, if'n you could spell "y'all" correctly

Butcha din't, so y'ain't

[wildhorses]

19. squeeze me?

so sorry my bad...

I keep thinkin' its a contraction of ya and all (how's that for southern??)

but, you'ns get so picky over YOU

and you all gotta have it your way so I'll remember where to put ' next time...:P

reckon that'll make ya happy, pappy?

[swag]

20. Feeleens

Feeleens, notheen more than feeleens,
Tryeen to forget my feeleens of love.
Teardrops rolleen down on my face,
Tryeen to forget my feeleens of love.

Feeleens, for all my life I'll feel it.
I wish I've never met you, girl;
You'll never come again.

Feeleens, wo-o-o feeleens,
Wo-o-o, feel you again in my arms.

Feeleens, feeleens
Like I've never lost you
And feeleens like I've never
Have you again in my heart.

Feeleens, for all my life I'll feel it.
I wish I've never met you, girl;
You'll never come again.

Feeleens, feeleens like I've
Never lost you
And feeleens like I've never have you
Again in my life.

Feeleens, wo-o-o feeleens,
Wo-o-o, feeleens again in my arms.
Feeleens...

[bridgit]

22. ever-eee theeeng'z comeeng up roses for me anne mai...

gaul :bounce:

[swag]

25. Pretty good!