Translation query

[Paul B. Gallagher]

William Ryan wrote:

> ...
> In London, England, uneducated English for 'theatre' would be 'featre', 
> in which the last syllable is usually a glottal stop. ...

Could you clarify this, please?

A glo'al stop alone is pure silence, so it cannot be a syllable. Do you 
mean that the syllable /ends/ with a glo'al stop? Or /begins/ with one?

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Paul B. Gallagher
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