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Re: USAGE: Glottal stop for /t/ (was Re: 2nd person pronoun for god)

From:Pavel Iosad <pavel_iosad@...>
Date:Tuesday, September 17, 2002, 16:13
Hello,

> Barbara Babbles; > In the UK the most notable dialects that use the glottal stop > (unaspirated) as a replacement for medial and final 't's are Scots > (particularly Glaswegian) London, and Thames Valley.
Um? I was in Oxford (that _is_ Thames Valley right?) last month - well, I'd have noticed it. But I _never_ heard anything like that around. It was all clear and crisp RP-style [t(_h)]. I guess we should ask Joe on this =) Pavel -- Pavel Iosad pavel_iosad@mail.ru Is mall a mharcaicheas am fear a bheachdaicheas --Scottish proverb

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Barbara Barrett <barbarabarrett@...>