glottal "y"

[Tom Zurinskas]

I hear a lot of epenthetic (inserted) "y"'s in SW Virginia and along Southern Appalachia.  For instance "The man hurt his head" sounds like ~~ Thu mayun hert hiz heyud ~~  I say it  below.  Perhaps that is what's meant by "glottal y"?

http://www.daftdoggy.com/recorder/playmp3.php?id=7679

Use draftdoggy.com for quick voice file transmission.  Record and email it to yourself.  Then copy the eddress and mail it wherever you like.

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