Name: Day 5 - Glottal Stop - Understanding Fast Speech in English
Uploaded: 2018-01-17T17:39:54.000Z
Duration: 4 min 18 s
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Gerund

I know that listening to fast speech can be a challenge,

To-infinitive

Americans often use a glottal stop with a final T,

as I did with the words "don't" and "can't."

A glottal stop is made when we cut off the sound in our throat.

It's more important to understand it than make it.

There is a difference -- and I want you to hear it --

the difference between a true T and the glottal stop.

Well, when T is at the end of a sentence or phrase, as in...

A final T before another consonant can happen

at the end of a syllable or the end of a word.

For example, people might complain about having a potbelly.

Someone might ask you, "Won't you join me?"

Let me say those examples again with slow, careful speech.

But that doesn't sound very natural, does it?

Let me say them a final time with a glottal stop.

Let me say them slowly with a true T, so you can compare.