By Glottals, British English

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...

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....

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...

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 used by newscasters on the BBC. In British English, the glottal...

I’m a native British speaker. I would tend to transcribe the same vowel in ‘train’ and ‘danger’ – !

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 . Is that what you mean?

Hi Bluealbatross, I live near Newcastle, and answered your similar question in the thread entitled: "Received pronunciation and mid Atlantic English" ...but I've pasted it here in case anyone wants to continue on this thread: I don't think I'd recommend learning the Newcastle accent if you...

I don't think I'd recommend learning the Newcastle accent if you want to learn a British regional accent. Its often reckoned to be one of the most difficult of accents to understand - not only for non British, but for many British themselves! There are both vowel and consonant sounds that are...

The glottal stop is used in American English, yes, but not in the same places, necessarily, as for British English. It's used (for some speakers) just before the final unreleased "t" when "t" is final after a vowel. "That's it!" (The final "t" is rendered by a glottal stop and/or an...

" So why do learners choose to learn a regional dialect? " - nonaTheBrit you were probably referring to me . I would like to say that I didn't really " learn " the cockey for years . My friends had that accent and I grew up in an environment like that . In other words , I naturally grew up...