"In final position (t) is aspirated and shortens the vowel before it, whilst (d) is particularly weak and makes only ... do you pronounce the "t" sound when it's in the final position of the word, like "cent",

"In final position (t) is aspirated and shortens the vowel before it, whilst (d) is particularly weak and makes only very little noise, but lengthens the vowel before it. However, speakers who tend not to allow (t) and (d) to explode in this

But I think your "oy" is what I know as "oi!", an interjection that I closely associate with white-supremacist Nazi skinheads, especially if they have Cockney accents. Time for some thread drift: in a novel I read recently by

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Currently that would be "no' 'o mention glo'o' sto's lef' roigh' and .." No, when glottal stops collide, one is restored to full t-ness I got it right (for once). The only exception I can think of is "got

Went both ways. Villikins and his Dinah doncha know. > Does that survive in any current UK accent, do you know, or has it now disappeared completely? I remember being ... have been heard within living memory which would mean it must have

Redundancy of the week: a reporter spoke of the "official state visit" made by GWB. OED has 'state visit, a visit by a head of state to a foreign country for ceremonial rather than official purposes' so it seems a 'state

I am sure that it cannot be only me that hears this. When some people in the South of England use the construction 'be able to' in a sentence like "If we paint the windows black we will not be able to see out" it cone out

like Dude, if youre gonna use something that isnt ascii, wanna set your headers correctly? I cant tell what youre trying to say here at all. A glo?al sto? When I attempt to pronounce "dude" as (d?) I find myself doing a credible

In a lot of places in the USA, youths are ... occasional g?d for good. Does anybody know any other example. I didn't see OP, but can this be the glottal stop? I'm very surprised. Michael Hamm Since mid-September of 2003, BA scl Math, PBK,