Re: The status of the glottal stop in Hebrew

Chris Bates wrote:

> John Cowan wrote:
>
>> Dan Sulani scripsit:
>>
>>
>>
>>>    But I'm not so sure that an English speaker would notice the
>>> difference, given that (IIRC) English words which are perceived by
>>> naive native speakers as beginning with a vowel,  usually actually
>>> begin
>>> with a glottal stop! (There are probably dialects to the contrary,
>>> but I can't, offhand,  think of any.)
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Mine, for sure.  I had to consciously learn to make initial glottal
>> stops
>> when learning German, and I think it is regularly taught to people
>> learning
>> German, not just me.  I definitely say [T&rIz@n'&pl=], not
>> [T&r?Iz?@n'?&pl=]
>> for "that is an apple".
>>
>> --
>>
> What English dialect do you speak? I never skip the final t on That...
> so mine is more like [T&tIz@n&pl=] (shamelessly modifying your X-SAMPA
> or whatever). Well, I'd actually be more likely to say [T&ts@n&pl=],
> but....

And of course, mine is [D&?s@n&p@l](or possible [D&?s@n&pM].