glottal "y"

[Tom Zurinskas]

I've never noticed anyone saying a glottal "y" such that "beyond" is "be'ond".  Perhaps a dropped ( elided) "y".  Would you say an elided "y" is the same as a glottal "y"?


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> Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:40:39 -0400
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> He's talking about the _replacement_ of the "y" by a glottal stop.
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> -Wilson
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> > 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"?
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