Things you say 'wrong'

[pocketvenuss]

Apparently I speak funny. The latest word that has brought mirth to others is the way I say 'sandwiches'. I say sand-wich. The 'd' is audible. I didn't think it was all that weird but others seem to find it hilarious.

What words do you say in a peculiar way according to others?

To those saying Sam-widge or sammich and ham-bag.... where does the 'm' come from?

I've honestly no idea. It's one of those words you learn to say before you can read or write so I wasn't questioning it as a child, then it's too late as it's engrained and I guess it gets passed on as it's what everyone locally says!

To clarify, I'm referring to sandwich as I possibly say hanbag without the d sometimes, but not hambag.

It's to do with the /w/ that follows. /w/ is pronounced right at the front of the mouth, and moving the mouth from a /n/ or a /d/ (both articulated further back near the teeth is difficult. So the /w/ influences what comes before it and the /n/ changes into a /m/ which is much more similar (in terms of where it's articulated) to a /w/

It's a common feature of speech. Try saying "good girl" very quickly. The /d/ disappears into the /g/ etc.

Same with "handbag". It's the bilabial /b/ crowding into the /n/ + /d/ and turning it into a /m/ (also bilabial )

Do you say it theeYATTer, in a brisk, bracing kind of way? I have a friend who pronounces it like that but is on all other respects normal.

@PAFMO

It's to do with the /w/ that follows. /w/ is pronounced right at the front of the mouth, and moving the mouth from a /n/ or a /d/ (both articulated further back near the teeth is difficult. So the /w/ influences what comes before it and the /n/ changes into a /m/ which is much more similar (in terms of where it's articulated) to a /w/

It's a common feature of speech. Try saying "good girl" very quickly. The /d/ disappears into the /g/ etc.
I sound the 'd' in 'good girl'!!
I understand what you are saying about the letter sound near the from if the mouth but I find the 'difficulty of sounding the 'nd' so minimal. Thinking about words, I do swallow the 't' in the middle if 'fortnight' fir the reason you describe but there is still a definite slight acknowledgment of the 't' as I don't say 'fornight'. My tongue definitely does a thing on the 't'

Aesthetic.

I’d always pronounced the ‘th’ the same as in ‘pathetic’ but apparently it’s aes-tet-ic. No ‘th’ sound.

Felt a bit silly as I’d had no idea at all!

I say sam-widge and ham-bag too!
Now wondering how you say Genevieve....

Standard British English pronounces it like you, so don't worry!
www.macmillandictionary.com/pronunciation/british/aesthetic_2