I think that the glottal stop (or perhaps the glo'al stop) was a feature of Estuarese English (i.e. London and environs) and seems to have expanded nationwide. As for Aussie accents in 'Neighbours' being responsible for the insertion of a question mark (rather than just the raised inflection in the spoken word), that seems a tad fanciful to me. More people have watched Coronation Street and over a longer period but it doesn't seem to have left a national linguistic impression of any kind: nowt really
Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie
I think that the glottal stop (or perhaps the glo'al stop) was a feature of Estuarese English (i.e. London and environs) and seems to have expanded nationwide. As for Aussie accents in 'Neighbours' being responsible for the insertion of a question mark (rather than just the raised inflection in the spoken word), that seems a tad fanciful to me. More people have watched Coronation Street and over a longer period but it doesn't seem to have left a national linguistic impression of any kind: nowt really
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