"Connecticut accent" in the Times

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Sep 9, 2004, at 8:58 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:

> Sorry, forgot to post this article from the Sunday Times regional
> Connecticut section...
> A lot of
> this is pretty silly or sloppy, but the glottal stop (in e.g. "New
> Britain") is certainly a real feature...

whoa!  most americans have a glottal stop as their allophone of /t/ in
"Britain" (and "button" and "satin" and generally after an accented
vowel before syllabic n).  now, "cattle" and "bottle" are another
matter entirely...

arnold