By Glottals, Accents

Hi,yes, I remember you asked about him. I'm not an expert at all, but I can tell you my opinion, as a learner.I agree it's a good accent for those who are interested in British English. I don't find any annoying features in his accent (=features I don't like). It doesn't...

Hmm, can I answer even though I am not a native speaker? I would say "thee eagle" because I learned to pronounce it "thee" before vowel sounds. Words like "university" and "wall" don't really start with a vowel sound, but with "semivowels", I...

I don't know whether some call it lazy or not, but I know it's a feature of several accents (also Scottish?). And yeah, I think I heard that young people are switching to glottal stops even in areas where they wouldn't be expected to pick up that feature. Go figure.

That what I call a "British accent that doesn't sound awful, affected, formal", so an accent that I like. Good choice! The good thing I noticed right away was his glottal stops instead of T's. And T's are not pronounced at the end of a word either. The other consonants are...

Heh, I know in the UK there are lots of interesting accents. Some people drop this, skip that, shift vowels here, put glottal stops there... Different accent in different places, different social groups, different age groups... It's so in the US too, and in other countries too, I guess....

Anonymous wrote:It really bugs me the way Americans say a 'British' accent because more than one country makes up Britain, there is England, Scotland, and Wales, all of which have very different accents. Then of course all three countries have many regional accents which are again very...

Hi,I read Nona's new post earlier, but... where is it now? I can't see it anymore. It was a post with a link to a website where you could listen to IPA sounds (for British English).Well, I heard a lot of words pronounced with a clear consonant sound at the end. I thought of posting this:What are...

Yeah, it took me a little to figure out that bo?l was actually bottle, and the t's were glottal stops, lol. I understood because they said "a bo?l of wine", so I figured it out. I think it's normal if you're only used to certain accents (I'm only used to American English).

Hi,do you native speakers always understand what people say on TV, on the radio, in movies, in songs, etc.???In Italian, unless people start to talk in a regional dialect (not accent, I said "dialect"), I think I always understand what they say on TV, radio, etc., if I listen carefully.But... it...

Bldudas: thanks so much. I'll def. check them out. I've been staying up all night browsing the web for sites that can help me. You cannot recognise US accents? Where are the people from you hear? You should be able to recognise New York and Boston. Maybe not Philadelphia. Well, I might...