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Trying to explain glottal stops with English examples is pointless - "Apple" doesn't begin with a glottal stop in English; "fear" and "ear" differ only in the a
by involans 10y ago
Trying to explain glottal stops with English examples is pointless - "Apple" doesn't begin with a glottal stop in English; "fear" and "ear" differ only in the absence of /f/.
German does introduce a epenthetic glottal stop before word-initial vowels, but not English.
Also, attempting to explain /ɪ/ as "Fin" -> "fen" is also unhelpful.
- samatman 10y agoAt least in my accent, the 'tt' in written is a glottal stop.
- skellystudios 10y agoI've seen it described as the sound or throat action in the middle of "uh oh!". I found that kinda useful.
- Natsu 10y agoThere's a glottal stop between book and case in bookcase, though.