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LeicesterLad Posted 21 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Glottal Stops

Being a Brit and hearing "glottal stopping" on the increase in the UK, I have 2 questions about glottal stops:

1) Is the glottal stop ever used in American or Australian English?

2) Is there an international phonetic symbol for the glottal stop?

I'll just go and open a boh-aw of miwk while I await reply!

Thanks

(nb "boh-aw" and "miwk" is my attempt to write "bottle" and "milk" in Estuary English!)
  

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The glottal stop is used in American English, yes, but not in the same places, necessarily, as for British English. It's used (for some speakers) just before the final unreleased "t" when "t" is final after a vowel. S.

— CalifJim

  • The glottal stop is used in American English, yes, but not in the same places, necessarily, as for British English.
  • It's used (for some speakers) just before the final unreleased "t" when "t" is final after a vowel.
  • S.
  • use the glottal stop for "t" in words like "catalog", but this is not at all common.
  • The IPA symbol looks something like a question mark as I recall.
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The glottal stop is used in American English, yes, but not in the same places, necessarily, as for British English. It's used (for some speakers) just before the final unreleased "t" when "t" is final after a vowel.
"That's it!" (The final "t" is rendered by a glottal stop and/or an unreleased "t" in AmE.)
Some people in the more easterly parts of the U.S. use the glottal stop f
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You recall perfectly. The IPA symbol for a glottal stop is a question mark ? but without the dot at the bottom.
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