Help: Wanna & Wantta

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Apri1

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24 May 2005

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• 2 Jun 2005

• #26

I've never heard anybody say "wantta" I always hear "wanna" when making "want to" into one word. If i ever said "wantta" it would be with an accent just joking around. I just cant imagine it sounding serious. =o) But everyplace is different in america I guess =)

 

Tsuyoiko

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11 Mar 2005

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• 14 Jun 2005

• #27

This will probably just add to the confusion, but in my part of England we often contract 'want to' to 'want' - for example, "Do you want go out?". It looks and sounds really idiotic when you think about it, but around here people say it all the time.

 

lexico

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22 Dec 2004

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• 15 Jun 2005

• #28

Tsuyoiko said:

This will probably just add to the confusion, but in my part of England we often contract 'want to' to 'want' - for example, "Do you want go out?". It looks and sounds really idiotic when you think about it, but around here people say it all the time.

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That is so interesting. Do you mean you often lose the vowel /u/ or /@/ schwa whille retaining the 't' ?
Or could it be the vowel becoming extrmely short ?
Is there not even a trace of a vowel after 'want' and before 'go' ?
How far away from Newcastel-on-Lyme can you hear this being spoken (if you've noticed) ?
I'm asking you this because a 'tg' cluster seems hard to pronounce at least in my American dialect.

 

Tsuyoiko

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11 Mar 2005

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• 15 Jun 2005

• #29

We just drop the word 'to' altogether. In the example, probably the 't' at the end of 'want' as well, now that I think about it. It is probably more like "Do you wan go out". But sometimes you would hear the 't', like "Do you want eat out?" I think it is very localised, and definitely very informal. I also think most people aren't aware they are doing it. And I would definitely suggest that you do not try it!