I Cannot Unhear the "Ing" 🙉
I have noticed something about the way other people talk. It is small. It should not bother me. It bothers me. They enunciate the "ing." Not all of them. But enough of them. Enough that I hear it everywhere now and cannot stop hearing it. Someone says "writing" and they hit that "ing" like it owes them money. Wri-ting. With a hard g and everything. The "ing" gets its own little moment, its own little stage, like it is the star of the word and the rest of the syllables are just backup dancers. I do not know why this irritates me. That is the honest truth. I have tried to figure it out. I sit there and I listen to someone say "running" or "going" or "thinking" and they give that "ing" so much energy and I feel my jaw tighten and I do not know why. It is a sound. It is a normal sound. People are allowed to pronounce words correctly. That is the whole point of words. But here we are. I think part of it is ...