At 09:46 AM 3/14/03 -0500, Andrew Stiller wrote: >There are still glottal stops in English--at least the N. American >variety. I pronounce the word glottal as [gla'l], button as [b^'n], >etc.
The Ed Sullivan effect! :) "And now... The Bea'les!" Yes, DARE (Dictionary of American Regional English -- Note to those interested: Volume P-Sk is finally out! I got it for my birthday today!) includes many examples of the glottal stop, including how most of us say the personal pronoun "I" at the beginning of a sentence. Dennis _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
