Word: glottal
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Then the French President strolled out to greet the West German leader with a smile, a handshake -and a glottal "Bis Aufgleich Herr Bundeskanzler [See you later, Mr. Chancellor]." With that they adjourned, to meet again an hour later for a leisurely lunch...
...collection of just that. Another Scottish folksinger is Jeannie Robertson, who is what they call "an auld dear," and who is billed as "The Greatest Scottish Folksinger" on a Prestige International recording. The accent makes the recording listenable--I know of no better way to polish up one's glottal stops...
...just the way they did that they built a house for us." As a starter, the linguists began asking the names of everyday things: banana, fire, water, house, etc. It was tough going. They found that the only difference between many words was the presence or absence of a glottal stop (written ' in the phonetic system devised by Townsend). For example, 'ino ka 'okë 'ikën means "The jaguar is at the other side of the river." Pronounced without the stop before the third word, the same sounds mean "The jaguar has come." Townsend...