I think that there are two issues being confused here with 'standard' English. Standard English with regards to grammar and so on, and a standard English accent. We may speak a regional (non-standard) English accent (this is what the only

Englishuser wrote: Hi Ruttonjee, Is glottal stop common in BBC English What is BBC English? Do you mean PSP or RP or URP or Estuary English or something else? Englishuser I imagine Ruttonjee means the English accent most

I’m a native British speaker. I would tend to transcribe the same vowel in ‘train’ and ‘danger’ – , and would also use this for and ; ‘missing’ would finish with unless you’re aiming for a strong London accent, and pity would have a rather than

The glottal stop is common in NAE. Here are some examples: ?=glottal stop button Latin mitten It's also used when a word ends in "t", and the next begins with a consonant. It was It's not used, however, in the middle of a word (except for words

Englishuser wrote: It seems like a very aristocratic British accent is appropriate in English-speaking countries and communities all over - with the possible exception of Britain. That may well be because in England, there are many

Some things to keep in mind: ? = glottal stop @ = ə I don't know what your dialect sounds like, but I can tell you how mine differs from others: -Notice that I use lots of glottal stops (the ?). If your dialect pronounces them as "t's", then

See your post on whether 'e' is a glottal stop in the word evening. I've put more information there for you.

No it isn't. The word is pronounced eve - ning. No glottal stop in the middle. You can't pronounce an 'e' as a glottal stop, only some 't's and occasionally some 'k' sounds. A glottal stop is a sound made right at the back of the mouth/top of

hi there I want to ask about the word, evening. The second 'e' in this word is silent. Is this 'e' is a glottal stop? simon

Hi there thanks a lot. can you give me some exampls of glottal stop? simon