To have noticed the current trend for Dropping One's Gs?

[HateIsNotGood]

I first noticed Beth Rigby of Sky News forgetting the G at the end of 'ing' words by accenting the N. I found it quite endearing.

I now notice how widespread this new enunciation is and it looks most prevalent amongst London-centric/based people.

Not London-bashing btw nor criticizing, just noticing and reflecting that judgements used to be made if one dropped one's Hs.

YANBU - you've noticed this too
YABU - I've no idea what you're talkin' about.

People think I'm not from my hometown because I don't drop my gs. Apparently everyone here does.

The strong N sounds more like Bristol to me.
Can’t say it bothers me.

I always thought that was an American thing

I didn't know what you meant but actually...thinking about it... we say

Runnin
Commin (coming)
Walkin (walking)

Geordie.

Pritti Patel does this. Drives me nutty.

Like the opposite of Forrest Gump? I must listen out for that!

Priti Patel does this. Drives me slightly nuts. Just noticed today that Saddiq Khan does it too! Grrr

I'm from South Yorkshire and my home accent drops all unnecessary letters - Gs, Ts, Hs, you name it, they drop it.

There was the exact same thread on here yesterday.

Agree - drives me mad when coming from someone who is otherwise RP.

That's interestin' NotWho - is it a big place like London or a small place that either has it's own local dialect spoken for many years or a small place specifically very good at producing people with Jobs in High Govt and National Media?

Because I hope it's obvious that I'm askin' about a new urban, possibly 'chatterin' class' trend in enunciation - not a well-entrenched local dialect.

I'm a born n bred Londoner..

Totally normal to me in it. 😆

Lord Peter Wimsey was doing this a century ago.

Classic feature of Edwardian lazy aristocratic drawl.

Oh Red i didn't know - seems it's not just me then. So I'm yanbu then really

Come on, you can’t be just noticing this now! My parents and grandparents used to complain about this when I was a child, 30yrs ago!

I’m from Yorkshire too. I’m struggling to think of a word where the g would be pronounced.

New??

People have been droppin’ their end “g”s for as long as I’ve been alive.

Do you pronounce ing words with a hard 'g' sound at the end op? I'm from London but I think I pronounce the g at the end of those words, but it's not the hard g sound which I've heard in some accents, it's more subtle.

In London ( I'm south ) the dialect is vastly different to that of an East Londoner.

You really do notice it. Generations of my family are from the same area in London and it's a distinct dialect.

I don’t think this is a new thing? My mum used to tell me off for it when I was a kid, and I’m in my 40s now

It's Estuary English. Google Beth Rigby - lots of stuff about it. I can't bear to listen to her reporting because of it.

Well, nobody pronounces an "n" + "g" (letters) in their full individual form at the end of a syllable tbf. The sound is a combination of both the single letters and articulated further back on the palate.

To those that mention Prit Patel, yes indeed a prime example of what I'm talkin' about. She's not the only one - loads do it, London Mayor Bloke does it too.

It's a trend, just like when loads said "good, good" (5 yrs ago that was pretty rampant) - just checkin' how many may have noticed is all.

Huntin’, fishin’ and shootin’ like the top nobs!

And yet in the NW UK there is a tendency for many to emphasise the Gs e.g. my neighbour today was talking to her young daughter about going on her swing using the word "swing-ging" ... I'm not suggesting it's a trait in this region but it's the only time I've heard it done as a regular thing.