Wally wrote: > say, ''i've got two'' or ''kitten'' quickly, without thinking. the glottal > stops occur when you release the air to pronounce the t sounds in ''goT'' > and ''kiTTen''. although maybe you don't have a stop in ''kitten''.
Colin replied: >I don't get it. Is this something to do with prouncing t's? I don't pronounce >my t's the Anerican way-i.e i don't leave them out. If I remember correctly, the Bee Gees used a lot of glottal stops in their songs. Think of a singer singing one word, but extending it to 2 notes. Instead of doing it smoothly, there is a slight stop of air in between. I can't think of a good example at the moment. Does that help at all? Kerry
