Re: Guttoral stop
- From: tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Tony Mountifield)
- Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 15:56:36 +0000 (UTC)
In article <r819v1psae1dsp3p0l4neq55kr2ucpep0n@xxxxxxx>,
Etienne Marais <etienne.marais@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
What is the guttoral stop ?
I have assumed it to be the 'g' sound some
folk use to pronounce words like 'nothing'
(nothing-k)
Is this a regionalism or simply poor English ?
Do you mean the glottal stop?
If so, it's typically when someone drops the "t" sound in the middle
or at the end of a word, so instead of saying butter, they say buh'er
(how do you transliterate a glottal stop?).
Some would say it's regionalism, others would say poor English. The
troof is probally a bi' of bofe. :-) (I used to live in Pawtsmuf)
Cheers
Tony
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