Turning into your parentsUnable to hold back the genetic tide, I find myself gardening in my carpet slippers, asking for a knife and fork in McDonalds and agreeing with the Daily Telegraph. I'm beyond help - what about you?
Thanks to b3th for the suggestion
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 30 Apr 2009, 13:39)
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the linguistic phenomenon to which you refer is(i believe) called a "glottal stop" ... ironically you can also pronounce "glottal" as "glo''al" (to use your marks)
nothing really wrong with it, but you're doing the right thing teaching your kid how to speak properly first - she can figure out slang, colloquialisms, and the nuances of pronunciation when she's older :P
(, Thu 7 May 2009, 4:40, 1 reply)
Glottal Stop ... what a wonderful phraseNin zai zhongguo? wei shenme?
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Yod-coalescenceAnother wonderfully named feature of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estuary_English, which is wot your nipper is talking.
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