glottalized intervocalic /y/?

[Mark Mandel]

I've (once) seen "ut oh", which I guess was an attempt to represent the ?.

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On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 5:41 AM, LanDi Liu <strangeguitars at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:27 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
> > If I had command of American English, I'd ban the glo?al stop in all
> > but a very few environments. However, I agree that the glo?al stop has
> > a place in others Englishes.
> >
> > -Wilson
> >
>
> Let me see if I can guess the "very few environments":
>
> 1. u? uh = no
> 2. u? oh = whoops
> 3. at word final position when the following word starts with /j/, /w/, or /r/:
> "What year is this" [w^? jir....]
> "At one o'clock" [&? w^n....]
> "Get ready" [gE? rEdi]
>
> Am I close?

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