Englishuser  +  256935 Thu, 17 Aug 06 09:50 PM Hello, Do British English vowel sounds sound clipped to you? It is well-known that vowels in upper class British English tend to be subject to rough treatment. It'd be particularly interesting to hear what North American, South African, Australian and other non-British English-speaking people think about BrE vowels. Do you associate BBC-English, for instance, with clipped vowels? Englishuser Joined on Thu, Mar 30 2006 Regular Member 717 Vowels, British English

	Englishuser  +  257153 Fri, 18 Aug 06 04:37 PM Hi Alienvoord, You asked: What are clipped vowels? When I was talking about 'clipped vowels' I meant that vowels are pronounced in a staccato fashion. Englishuser Vowels

	Alienvoord  +  257972 Mon, 21 Aug 06 07:08 PM  Englishuser wrote: When I was talking about 'clipped vowels' I meant that vowels are pronounced in a staccato fashion. Some British English speakers use a glottal stop instead of intervocalic "t", so "better" is pronounced [bɛʔə]. Is that what you mean? Alienvoord Vowels, British English, Glottals