Sticky: Poll: Damnit vs Dammit

[Frozzy]

Dammit is the byproduct of the sort of phonetic spelling nonsense that should be banned in schools.

[Al B. Sure!]

Dammit iz thu biepraadukt uv thu sort uv funnetik speleeng naansents that shood bee band in skuelz.

Fiksd.

[bipolarbear]

Damn it

[Solomwi]

Just say mother****er and avoid the issue altogether.

[Kuciwalker]

Dammit is the byproduct of the sort of phonetic spelling nonsense that should be banned in schools.

"Damn it" is a sentence. "Dammit" is an interjection used primarily in conversation. Minor phonetic adjustments are appropriate. Moreover, you can vary the spelling to convey distinctions in how it's spoken - "damnit" if slowly, "dammit" if quickly.

[Al B. Sure!]

"Damn it" is a sentence. "Dammit" is an interjection used primarily in conversation. Minor phonetic adjustments are appropriate. Moreover, you can vary the spelling to convey distinctions in how it's spoken - "damnit" if slowly, "dammit" if quickly.

You're over-thinking it Kuci.

From dictionary.com

dammit (ˈdæmɪt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]

— interj
a contracted form of damn it

dammit
representation of damn it as it usually is sounded, attested from 1908.

It's apparently also a Blink 182 song. Doesn't Asher love Blink 182?

[Kuciwalker]

— interj

[Kuciwalker]

AS, that quote of yours says EXACTLY WHAT I SAID.

[Al B. Sure!]

AS, that quote of yours says EXACTLY WHAT I SAID.

Yeah but what does this part say?

as it usually is sounded

So Frozzy isn't wrong.


Also, Damn it with an 'n' is also an interjection.


To be clear, Damnit isn't a word. Damn it is the phrase.

Asher, note that. That's your answer. Damnit is not a word. Try to look it up online.

[Kuciwalker]

So Frozzy isn't wrong.

You're doing it again, AS. Not only wasn't I contesting the idea that it was a phonetic spelling, I specifically agreed with that claim. I was disagreeing that the phonetic spelling was, in his words, "nonsense".

[Frozzy]

Minor phonetic adjustments are appropriate.

Why? They aren't necessary in the slightest.

[Kuciwalker]

Because a silent n followed by a vowel is very rare in English.

[Barnabas]

When I pronounce damnit, I pronounce both the m and the n

[Al B. Sure!]

When I pronounce damnit, I pronounce both the m and the n

You're thinking damned it.

In English, damn is pronounced dam

[Barnabas]

In that case, then, write those words differently. I also pronounce the t in often, and I only stopped pronouncing the B in Dumb two years ago.

My problem is that I learned English through reading and not through talking, so there are many words which I know what they mean and how to use them, that I am not sure on how to pronounce.