Do people in britain pronounce g in ing words (doing writing dealing...)?

Answer 1

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depends really.


if you're from a posh area then yes you will.

born and bred and council estate and having 1 posh friend we never pronounce the "-ing" ... its always "in"

however, there are times when i will be gramatically correct.

i.e. phone call, interviews, formal conversations etc etc.

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Answer 2

Emmm....sort of. Either way you say it, they'll understand anyway!

Answer 3

No me unless Im being very correct.

Answer 4

Yes

Answer 5

yes

Answer 6

Some don't most do, most would say those to rhyme with ping like the sound of the microwave, a kinda rougher way of speaking would be saying without the g like doing would become do-in, but it lacks sophistication.
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Answer 7

YES! and we spell colour 'colour', pronounce herb 'herb' and data 'data'.

Answer 8

no!absolutely not...i know because i live in London,,,

Answer 9

We speak very quickly so the ends of words are often cut short...written it prob looks like doin' writin' etc....why do you ask?

Answer 10

You can't really generalise too much.
Basically, not pronouncing the end 'g' is slang and it's normally from er.. how can I put this.. more lower-class people?

Answer 11

Not really... as I`m doin` this writin` I`m dealin` other things as well. (I do actually say the g in things...)

Answer 12

Depends on the region really, but generally the posh people do and the not so posh dont!

Answer 13

Do you mean pronounce it so that you don't say "doin' ", "writin' ", "dealin' ", or do you mean pronounce an extra "g" at the end?

"doin' " etc. is very common in the spoken language in all social classes. But if people are speaking more formally/carefully, they usually say "doing".

"doinG" with a clearly audible "g" at the end is a feature of West Midlands speech (West Midlands = region around BirminGham).

Answer 14

Should do but we drop it on occasion, naughty really!

Answer 15

The letter 'g' at the end of a word, where it ends with 'ing', is pronounced in English, but usually with more emphasis in Northern English accents, where it might even be quite a heavy 'Guh' at the end of such a word.

Here in London, the final letter 'g' is usually clipped off so that a word ending with 'ing' is often simply pronounced as 'in' - bettin' shop, goin' out, etc.

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