Re: Word-initial glottal stops (was: Re: Repr. Boreanesian (was:...))

James Campbell wrote:
> Aeons ago on the list, someone (possibly Mark or ~mark) mentioned that they
> had two friends with the same vowel-initial name, and that they
> differentiated by pronouncing one's name with a glottal stop and the
> other's without (e.g. /?an@/ vs /an@/).
>
> I still can't do it myself.
Neither can I... I can't comprehend how to pronounce a word starting
with a vowel and not [?], unless it closely follows a word ending in a
consonant.