2012-05-08

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2012-05-08

Title text: 2012-05-08

Votey

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There is a sound called a "glottal stop, which is made by halting air flow with your glottis. In english, we often associate it with the cockney accent and mid-word ts.

Glottal

Gloddle

Glo'al

Standard british

Standard american

Cockney

But if you speak with a standard american accent, you use glottal stops all the time. Try saying "mint condition" or "pet dog."

Min' condition. Pe' dog oh my god I'm like a dickens character! /

Go ahead. Try. Pretty much any time t is followed by a consonant, you're making a glottal stop.

Ra trap.

Elephan' gun.

Interne' porn.

You may think this comic is educational. Wrong. It's a trap. From now on, one of your favorite characters will sound cockney, and you won't be able to unhear it.

I am ba man.

Votey Transcript

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Ge' down, ca'woman! I'm ba'man!

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