Re: The status of the glottal stop in Hebrew

Ray Brown wrote:

>
>
>> From: "Outo Otus" <olen_outo_otus@...>
>>
>>> I would thing [ro?S] and awkward combination, because a glottal stop
>>> occuring just before another consonant is difficult to pronounce,
>>> without
>>> inserting a shva. For example, try and say [o?t] or something of that
>>> manner, I personally find it difficult, and end up inserting a shva.
>>
>>
>> It is difficult, but there are languages that have CV?C syllables;
>> most of
>> those are found in the Pacific Northwest in Canada and the USA (Na-Dene,
>> Salishan, Wakashan, Penutian). It's a lot easier if the last
>> consonant can
>> be a syllabic.
>
>
> You mean like:
> [brI?n=] Britain, [&?m=] atom, [lI?l=] little (tho the last is often more
> like [lI?o]  :)
>
> Being the wrong side of 50, I personally still use [t], but I have no
> difficulty in pronouncing these words the way my students do. Personally,
> I don't see any problem with [ro?S].

For the record, IME, 'crotch' is [kr\Q?S], at least sometimes.