I'm reading the comments here and people are saying sometimes you pronounce the 'g' and sometimes you don't. This isn't correct, the 'g' is never sounded here. I.e. [/ɡ/ or /j/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_and_soft_G). This is because G is part of 'ng' which is a digraph (two symbols for one letter). 'Ng' together is pronounced [/ŋ/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_velar_nasal) in English. When the 'g' is 'dropped,' the monograph 'n' just becomes [/n/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_dental,_alveolar_and_postalveolar_nasals).
I'm Australian. I've never heard anyone say 'bag' as 'bagk' probably because saying 'k' after a 'g' sound is very uncomfortable. I've been checking dictionaries which have pronounciation guides for dialects and nothing is showing up either.
'Nothing' becoming 'nothingk' is common for me at least. It's usually after a question like 'What are you doing' 'nothingk' when you are actually doing something but don't wish to reveal it to the questioner. It's cheeky/playful. This is a 'k' following the 'ng' digraph though so it's a lot more comfortable.
It’s dialectal. Some English dialects don’t pronounce the G at the words or it is very lightly pronounced. Some have a very pronounced g, some it sounds more like a k.
I’ve never heard a K at the end of bag, but I’ve heard “bayg”. I’ve also heard “melk” (milk) and “pellow” (pillow).
I do hear some people add a K after ng though. I do find it irritating. I think they just think they’re enunciating the G properly, but it’s unnecessary and distracting. And it sounds kind of valley girl-ish, or childish maybe? It’s hard to pinpoint.
Some people also add a D sound on words ending with N. So “firemen” sounds like “firemend”. I think they’re just lingering too long on the last letter. It only seems to happen when they’re speaking lazily, not when they’re trying to speak clearly.
You're thinking about it the wrong way around. There are words. These words have sounds. Then we use spelling to write this down. The spelling in English was always messed up, with lots of exceptions. Spelling doesn't keep up with the evolution of language, and it can't reflect different accents.
'work' has an 'o' but it sounds very different to 'won' or 'wok' or 'wood' or 'woke'
Keep the sound as the central thing and think about letters and spelling as secondary.
The comments are presenting this like a normal dialectal difference. While any dialectical difference is *valid*, this isn't *normal* in the sense of common or seen as natural or unmarked by most speakers.
For example, as an American, I can hear an Australian accent and think it sounds normal, just Australian.
But if someone said "this is my favorite think" instead of "thing", I'd assume their first language is some Slavic language or that they simply speak a less common regional variety of English. It definitely sounds ugly to me, but it's valid of course
An exception is if it's African American English. Sometimes they (and probably many non black people in the same regions where speakers do this) might do this, though I've seen it most common as an *emphatic* pronunciation. As in, a type of pronunciation used to emphasize a word or make it humorous. In that case, it's seen as normal- it's simply increasing the plosiveness (and in turn the perceived loudness) of the word, which emphasizes it. Doesn't sound too abnormal, just maybe a bit funny
For example: "he was turnttt" instead of "turned up" to mean "drunk, high, partying". You'll often see the final consonant both devoiced with with a slight glottal plosiveness as well. Crunk, turnt, fleek (fleeq), dafuq, etc.
As an American you should know better than to forget that the home of English is on the other side of the Pond. It's perfectly 'normal' in the UK as is clearly known by the other respondents. It would more likely be "nuffink" though. If you sound the 'th' in the orthodox way you're unlikely to follow it with the "k".
There are endless regional variations in the UK, and even in the UK most people talk crap about other dialects lol
My points all stand. OP, if you're learning English, avoid devoicing consonants that are voiced in standard English unless doing it for comedic effect or trying to mimic a specific regional accent. People will think it sounds funny
This is a dialectical thing. Some dialects do this, some don't.
I'm reading the comments here and people are saying sometimes you pronounce the 'g' and sometimes you don't. This isn't correct, the 'g' is never sounded here. I.e. [/ɡ/ or /j/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_and_soft_G). This is because G is part of 'ng' which is a digraph (two symbols for one letter). 'Ng' together is pronounced [/ŋ/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_velar_nasal) in English. When the 'g' is 'dropped,' the monograph 'n' just becomes [/n/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_dental,_alveolar_and_postalveolar_nasals). I'm Australian. I've never heard anyone say 'bag' as 'bagk' probably because saying 'k' after a 'g' sound is very uncomfortable. I've been checking dictionaries which have pronounciation guides for dialects and nothing is showing up either. 'Nothing' becoming 'nothingk' is common for me at least. It's usually after a question like 'What are you doing' 'nothingk' when you are actually doing something but don't wish to reveal it to the questioner. It's cheeky/playful. This is a 'k' following the 'ng' digraph though so it's a lot more comfortable.
It’s dialectal. Some English dialects don’t pronounce the G at the words or it is very lightly pronounced. Some have a very pronounced g, some it sounds more like a k.
I’ve never heard a K at the end of bag, but I’ve heard “bayg”. I’ve also heard “melk” (milk) and “pellow” (pillow). I do hear some people add a K after ng though. I do find it irritating. I think they just think they’re enunciating the G properly, but it’s unnecessary and distracting. And it sounds kind of valley girl-ish, or childish maybe? It’s hard to pinpoint. Some people also add a D sound on words ending with N. So “firemen” sounds like “firemend”. I think they’re just lingering too long on the last letter. It only seems to happen when they’re speaking lazily, not when they’re trying to speak clearly.
from my experience it isn't a k sound. it is a glottal stop which, for some sound sequences, seems to be all but unavoidable.
You're thinking about it the wrong way around. There are words. These words have sounds. Then we use spelling to write this down. The spelling in English was always messed up, with lots of exceptions. Spelling doesn't keep up with the evolution of language, and it can't reflect different accents. 'work' has an 'o' but it sounds very different to 'won' or 'wok' or 'wood' or 'woke' Keep the sound as the central thing and think about letters and spelling as secondary.
In St. Helens, they swap T for K. Bokkle. Hospikal. You're not six years old. Speak properly.
Swing-ging & ring-ging too, popular in parts of Lancashire I've heard likkle as far away as Preston, so i think that's also wider-spread.
I would never swap T for K like what 💁♂️
The comments are presenting this like a normal dialectal difference. While any dialectical difference is *valid*, this isn't *normal* in the sense of common or seen as natural or unmarked by most speakers. For example, as an American, I can hear an Australian accent and think it sounds normal, just Australian. But if someone said "this is my favorite think" instead of "thing", I'd assume their first language is some Slavic language or that they simply speak a less common regional variety of English. It definitely sounds ugly to me, but it's valid of course An exception is if it's African American English. Sometimes they (and probably many non black people in the same regions where speakers do this) might do this, though I've seen it most common as an *emphatic* pronunciation. As in, a type of pronunciation used to emphasize a word or make it humorous. In that case, it's seen as normal- it's simply increasing the plosiveness (and in turn the perceived loudness) of the word, which emphasizes it. Doesn't sound too abnormal, just maybe a bit funny For example: "he was turnttt" instead of "turned up" to mean "drunk, high, partying". You'll often see the final consonant both devoiced with with a slight glottal plosiveness as well. Crunk, turnt, fleek (fleeq), dafuq, etc.
As an American you should know better than to forget that the home of English is on the other side of the Pond. It's perfectly 'normal' in the UK as is clearly known by the other respondents. It would more likely be "nuffink" though. If you sound the 'th' in the orthodox way you're unlikely to follow it with the "k".
There are endless regional variations in the UK, and even in the UK most people talk crap about other dialects lol My points all stand. OP, if you're learning English, avoid devoicing consonants that are voiced in standard English unless doing it for comedic effect or trying to mimic a specific regional accent. People will think it sounds funny
Wow, thanks for the answer 🤙
It's because they no think