Are they examples of Glottal Stops or do they only occur in the middle of words, such mo'or or bu'er instead of motor and butter ? As a licence payer I expect a higher vocal standard from my presenters !Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie
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Are they examples of Glottal Stops or do they only occur in the middle of words, such mo'or or bu'er instead of motor and butter ? As a licence payer I expect a higher vocal standard from my presenters !
Glotal stops. On the Olympics a girl from Kent worked for me, lovely girl totally incapable of pronouncing words with T. for example she couldn't say I'm going to the O2, she'd say "I'm goin O2" similarly she never went to the West end she'd go "Up west, ( know there T there she couldn't say "to the west end" and if you heard her say 'Up west' it would make you smile.
I have found in my travel though that it seems to be a london/SE thing."
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
I bet your favourite play is Pygmalion and you have My Fair Lady on loop!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
Never seen either, old fruitI bet your favourite play is Pygmalion and you have My Fair Lady on loop!
Just joshing. Which is quite an interesting word and I've just read about its origin.Never seen either, old fruit
It's one of those words whose origin is only guessed at but which was in use in the mid-19th century in the States as a verb we are familiar with - and it was not committed to print until a few decades later.
He wrote them.I bet your favourite play is Pygmalion and you have My Fair Lady on loop!
Talking about Coronation Street, who’s mentioned in nearly every episode but has never been seen?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
Rover?
Willie Eckaslike
And A. Oop?
That’s the bugger
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