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

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
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