glottal "y"

[Tom Zurinskas]

It's interesting because if you say "be" followed by "ond", then you've in effect said "beyond" with an elided (dropped out) "y", and no glottal stop.  You can say "uh-oh" the same way.  But "uht-oh" begs the glottal stop, which usually replaces the "t".

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> Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:27:32 -0700
> From: ymeroz at EARTHLINK.NET
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> The y is not just elided, but replaced with a glottal stop, as in "uh-oh".
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> On 9/12/08 8:04 PM, "Tom Zurinskas"  wrote:
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>> 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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