Quote - I don’t even know what one of my more recent peeves is called, but I can only describe it as “Baby Talk”.  As far as I know it’s deliberate, and done mostly by American girls of college age and under although I’ve even heard young guys do it too.

Some examples might be:

Kih-ehn  (for kitten)

Dih-int…( for didn’t)

Buh-in… for (button)

I once heard a female newscaster say “Stay tuned for Conan after the evening new with his guest Billy Bob Thor-ehn”. (for Billy Bob Thornton)

It’s not unlike a Cockney Accent, but that accent doesn’t bother me…there’s a difference between an “Accent” or regional dialect and a deliberate mispronunciation of specific words.

Does anyone know what this “peeve” of mine is called?..lol

Tom

 

Ah.  Don-I know all too well. 

(Correction)

Don't I know all too well.  I tend to hear it a lot from most television commercial.  The one of which is from a Kool-Aid ad where one said "Oh no he dih-int".  It was later changed to "Oh no he didn't".  So, I know where you're coming from.

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