2021-07-30 20:25:02
Glottal stops are made quite frequently in English, although we rarely notice them because they do not make a difference in the meaning of English words...
English speakers usually insert a glottal stop before initial vowels, like in the words it, ate, and ouch. If you say these words naturally, you will probably feel a catch in your throat just as you [do] in the expression "uh-oh."
In English, glottal stops are often used in this way to reinforce a voiceless plosive at the end of a word, as in what?"
words: light, flight, put, take, make, trip, report
multisyllabic words: stoplight, apartment, backseat, assortment, workload, upbeat
phrases: right now, talk back, cook the books, hate mail, fax machine, back-breaking
You also hear it in words and syllables that end in t + a vowel + n. We don't say the vowel at all, so we say the t + n: button, cotton, kitten, Clinton, continent, forgotten, sentence."
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