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Thread #122214   Message #2678420
Posted By: Rumncoke
12-Jul-09 - 02:41 PM
Thread Name: Can girls 'glug'?
Subject: RE: Can girls 'glug'?
Hang on - Spike Jones and the City Slickers - Clang clang who gives a dang what's the difference when you're on a spree tum tum ti tum ti tum yell out stomach here it comes and have another drink on me.

There is a rather glottal sound on that which sounds like a bottle emptying - and yes women can make it. It is not done with the larynx but the back of the tongue and the soft pallette. Basically press together and pull apart with the mouth held open.

It might not be universal, I can also do tongue clicks and pronounce the Welsh ll correctly. Though the realisation that someone with a Yorkshire accent is trying to speak Welsh brings tears to the eyes of native speakers.   

Anne Croucher