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[Slayer-33]

One of the things that I find very amusing is when people say Innernet, typically that kind is quite a bit computer illiterate lol. /baseless assumption, not hating lol.

 

[BadWolf]

Internet

 

[Ivan 3414]

Do people who say "Innernet" also say "Inneresting"

 

[GameAddict411]

With a t.

 

[BossLackey]

 

[Beardz]

Internerd

 

[ArjanN]

A series of innertubes.

 

[devonodev]

Do people that say "Innernet" also say "Inneresting"

Can confirm I say both of these.

 

[rtcn63]

Innit

 

[AkuMifune]

in her net

 

[Uncle_Classy]

I mean, it's a soft "t" most of the time, but there's a definite "t" there.

 

[munchie64]

I don't believe I've ever heard "Innernet" in my life. And I doubt even more that any one here pronounces it that way either.

 

[LiK]

people really say Internet wrong?

 

[CrimzonSamurai]

It's not necessarily an ignorance thing, people's speech will always deviate from the phonetic pronunciation slightly in conversation, because your mouth will find the easiest way to pronounce those words.

The soft "t" in "internet" puts extra strain on your mouth, so you may unwillingly drop it during fast speech. I've definitely said "innernet" in the middle of a conversation.

Same thing with "nucular" vs. "nuclear" it's just easier on your mouth to add the extra vowel.

 

[Slayer-33]

Edit - it's a Texas thing? lol, quick someone post Bush saying "Innernet"

I don't believe I've ever heard "Innernet" in my life. And I doubt even more that any one here pronounces it that way either.

Not on gaf but I assure you people have said Innernet before lol

 

[Alavard]

I just tell people I'm going for a drive on the information superhighway.

 

[Valtýr]

oh wow i never realized people from different parts of the country have different ways of saying things.

 

[Nabs]

Innanet © Paul Wall

 

[Marcus]

 

[Bobby Roberts]

"Innnterrrrnet?"

 

[Cheesecakebobby]

Big whoop, many Americans and speakers of other dialects sometimes drop their /t/ sounds in specific contexts. I wonder how many people will come in here proudly asserting they would never do that because it is somehow a sign of being uneducated, yet in reality do so every day.

Funny, accurate, but not what OP is referring to. Perhaps the final /t/ at the end of the word is usually produced as a glottal stop (and some linguists say that all words that begin with a vowel actually begin with a glottal, but that's yet another issue)

 

[RangerX]

I've never heard anyone say innernet.

 

[CornBurrito]

The former. I don't stress the "t"

Big whoop, many Americans and speakers of other dialects sometimes drop their /t/ sounds in specific contexts. I wonder how many people will come in here proudly asserting they would never do that because it is somehow a sign of being uneducated, yet in reality do so every day.

Yep. People don't realize that this shit is standard in many American dialects. And stuff like "budder" instead of "butter".

 

[Slayer-33]

I hereby declare that all people that say Innernet get thrown into the "JIF" camp.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

As a Michigander it's "In'nernet". We don't like hard consonants, they slow down speech. So we use glottal stops.

http://www.fact-index.com/g/gl/glottal_stop.html

 

[Lagamorph]

Who the hell says Innernet?
I work in IT and even I've never heard this.

 

[AkuMifune]

I hereby declare that all people that say Innernet get thrown into the "JIF" camp.

 

[CornBurrito]

Who the hell says Innernet?
I work in IT and even I've never heard this.

Err most people?

 

[SaganIsGOAT]

This reminds me of an Eddie Izzard line.

You say erb, I say Herb, cause there's a fucking H in it.

 

[Ran rp]

i read the title and thought "who the heck says innernet" then i realized that i do when i'm speaking fast. i say internet when i'm speaking slowly and clearly though.

 

[dragonlife]

Both.

 

[Marcus]

Big whoop, many Americans and speakers of other dialects sometimes drop their /t/ sounds in specific contexts. I wonder how many people will come in here proudly asserting they would never do that because it is somehow a sign of being uneducated, yet in reality do so every day.



Funny, accurate, but not what OP is referring to. Perhaps the final /t/ at the end of the word is usually produced as a glottal stop (and some linguists say that all words that begin with a vowel actually begin with a glottal, but that's yet another issue)

Ah, you're right.

 

[poppabk]

t'Internet like a proper Yorkshire boy.
OK not really.

 

[EBE]

Inter-net.

 

[Cheesecakebobby]

omg guys that Obama guy is such a degenerate, slurring his sounds and saying 'innernet'

 

[Coolluck]

I don't stress the T but it's definitely there. The more I say innernet out loud the more country it gets.

 

[Sch1sm]

Depends on how quickly I'm speaking. Sometimes t's just fly right by. I'm from Torono, not Toronto.

 

[Affeinvasion]

I bet if I recorded myself it would sound more like innernet but in my head I'm saying the "t".

 

[Beta Stage]

Neither, I say interweb.

 

[Faiz]

I guarentee people from another region may think I'm saying "Innernet" when I'm speaking quickly and causally. But I'm not.

 

[Slayer-33]

Neither, I say interweb.

Interweb is best Innernets

 

[JCX]

As a Michigander it's "In'nernet". We don't like hard consonants, they slow down speech. So we use glottal stops.

http://www.fact-index.com/g/gl/glottal_stop.html

Also a Michigander, it is weird when people pronounce T's in the middle of words. Didn't we just have a glottal stop thread a few days ago?

 

[GovtPlates]

I say innernet, but then my regional accent drops the T in mountain and button, so I've never really noticed until now.

 

[sixteen-bit]

internet

 

[David Incorporated Esq.]

Same way as mountain.

 

[Mac the KNife]

Internet, eh?

 

[Floridian]

Both at times.

 

[Slayer-33]

Same way as mountain.

Wat.

Mounan?

 

[Delta Assault]

Yeah, in casual conversation the t gets dropped because it's faster.

 

[PillarEN]

When I speak English I say "iNNernet"