65: Uh-oh! The glottal stop in place of /t/

American English Pronunciation Podcast

Seattle Learning Academy

Language Learning, Self-improvement, Education

4.6 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2009

⏱️ 11 minutes

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What is a glottal stop and when do Americans use it? Full episode transcripts at www.pronuncian.com/podcast.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone and welcome back to Seattle Learning Academy's American English pronunciation podcast.
0:10.0	My name is Mandy, and this is our 65th episode.
0:15.0	I want to apologize that this podcast is late.
0:19.0	Sadly, my grandmother passed away last week,
0:23.0	and I traveled to Wisconsin to see my family.
0:26.3	Grandma Dorothy, her lovely smile and big laugh,
0:29.6	will be greatly missed by all.
0:32.3	Before I start talking about the T sound today,
0:35.8	I want to mention a couple of other things. First, if you haven't
0:40.1	been to the forums yet, you should go and check them out. They're free to join, and you can
0:45.5	post any question about pronunciation or English in general. You can also leave comments and
0:51.1	suggestions there. A lot of interesting questions have been asked in the past few weeks.
0:57.0	Go ahead and take a look.
0:59.0	Also, I'm looking for iTunes reviews again.
1:03.0	Nobody cares if you make a grammar error in a review.
1:07.0	People just want to know what you think.
1:10.0	If you are too shy to write a review, you could now just click the stars and give your
1:14.7	opinion that way.
1:16.5	It's a really nice way to help me out and show your support for this podcast.
1:22.2	Next time you open iTunes to download all your new podcasts, go to this show's page and offer your opinion.
1:30.2	Now, on to the letter T.
1:34.0	Let's explore the third kind of trouble this seemingly simple letter creates.
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