Questions tagged [glottal-stop]
For questions about pronouncing words with a type of sound created by blocking airflow in the vocal tract. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ʔ⟩
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Are /x/, the glottal stop /ʔ/, the nasal vowels /æ̃/ and /ɒ̃/, the rhotic vowels /ɚ/ and /ɝ/, and /ɜː/ (marginal) phonemes?
Are /x/, the glottal stop /ʔ/, the nasal vowels /æ̃/ and /ɒ̃/, the rhotic vowels /ɚ/ and /ɝ/, and /ɜː/ (marginal) phonemes? Some of then are obviously not standard phonemes in their own right, but I ...
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Is it legal to pronounce the "t" as a glottal stop in the following words? Do British people do it?
Are there British English native speakers who glottalise their "t"s in the following words?
Into, its, after, still, student
The first case seems strange to me probably because "into&...
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"British" sounds "brish", is this a glottal stop or just the presenter's accent?
Americans uses glottal stop in spoken English.
It sounds like the video is saying (a video link with a time stamp)
British explorer Bear Grylls is best known to TV audiences for Discovery's Man vs....
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What's the second d in "didn't", phonetically speaking?
Should we pronounce the second d in "didn't"? What happens to the sound, phonetically speaking?
In British English it seems to merge with the n to produce something which isn't on the standard ...
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Can you tell me how ''r'' sound is pronounced in British English?
Mother
Daughter
Fork
Near
Bird
Can you tell me how the ''r'' sound is pronounced in British English?
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Do we read ''t'' sound in spoken English?
Here are some examples;
He looked at me
He looked a(t) me
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He went out a second ago.
He went ou(t) a second ago.
Do we read ''t'' sound in spoken English?
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