Glottal stop
A question to American Standard English speakers. Could you please tell, do you ever use glottal stop within one word (catflap) or between the word boundaries ( at the time). Is it used in Standard American at all? When?
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I was waiting for a teacher who knows what he's talking about to answer. None did, so you get me. ) pronounce a "t" in any other position than initial.
- I was waiting for a teacher who knows what he's talking about to answer.
- None did, so you get me.
- ) pronounce a "t" in any other position than initial.
- It usually becomes a "d", but your two examples do indeed get a stop.
- Just thinking about it, you get the stop at the end of a word or what is taken for the end of a word, as in your "catflap" (which we call a doggie door, anyway).
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I was waiting for a teacher who knows what he's talking about to answer. None did, so you get me. Americans rarely (never?) pronounce a "t" in any other position than initial. It usually becomes a "d", but your two examples do indeed get a stop. Just thinking about it, you get the stop at the end of a word or what is taken for the end of a word, as in your "catflap" (which we call a doggie doo
0Vladvdo you ever use glottal stop within one word (catflap) or between the word boundaries ( at the time).
Yes. All the time. It's a standard feature of American English. It occurs chiefly with syllable final unreleased Ts. The glottal stops in the following transcriptions are practically simultaneous with the final unreleased consonant.
"rap", "
0By the way, you may be interested in this thread:
How to pronounce a 't' in American English
It may be difficult to read the chart there, but it's a thorough presentation of the American T.
CJ
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