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Vasant Sebastian Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

damnit versus dammit

I am trying to find out if 'damnit' is more proper that 'dammit', and am convinced that it is but would love a second supporting opinion. people online say dammit is correct but their evidence is weak (that it sounds better or that's just how they've seen it spelled), whereas I want to use 'damnit' because the base word is 'damn' with it's conjugations including damning and damned. I thought 'damnit' was a form of damn, but maybe that was my original mistake. Anyway, any well supported information on the subject would be greatly appreciated
  

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' It's a question of elision. If you are going to run the two words together, to make them sound more like the way people speak, then you probably have to recognise that they don't pronounce the 'n' I think it is more of a US usage, so maybe I'm not best placed. term=***%20damnit Dave

— Dave_anon

  • ' It's a question of elision.
  • If you are going to run the two words together, to make them sound more like the way people speak, then you probably have to recognise that they don't pronounce the 'n' I think it is more of a US usage, so maybe I'm not best placed.
  • term=***%20damnit Dave
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Hi

In the UK, I think we would always say 'Dammit!'

It's a question of elision. If you are going to run the two words together, to make them sound more like the way people speak, then you probably have to recognise that they don't pronounce the 'n'

I think it is more of a US usage, so maybe I'm not best placed. The Urban Dictionary favours damnit in the phrase '*** da
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