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Thread #146685 Message #3398270
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
31-Aug-12 - 04:47 PM
Thread Name: BS: BBC America and names
Subject: RE: BS: BBC America and names
And obviously some Scots have no sense of humo(u)r.
http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/hiatus
http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/glottal%2Bstop?q=glottal+stop
Hiatus
..."a pause or break in continuity in a sequence or activity:
Prosody and grammar- a break between two vowels coming together but not in the same syllable, as in the ear and cooporate.
Glottal stop
"a consonant formed by the audible release of the airstream after complete closure of the glottis. It is widespread in some non-standard English accents and in some other languages, such as Arabic, it is a standard consonant."
In Hawai'i, designated by ' (as previously posted).