tlahtoa / saltillo

[Michael Mccafferty]

YES! that is a glottal stop. English speakers don't do it after every
utterance that ends in a vowel, however. Standard German speakers do do it
with every utterance that begins with a vowel. Galen's comments were quite
correct as to the nature of the beast. It is a common phoneme throughout
Indian languages in North America (no kudos, Dr, Greenberg!),

Best,
Michael


On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, David L. Frye wrote:

> > in any language must end by closing off the throat. In English when we
> > pronounce a word that ends in a vowel, we don't close off the throat at
> > the end. The word "go" for example doesn't end by abruptly interrupting
> > the vibration of the vocal chords by closing off the throat.
>
> But when Homer Simpson says "Doh!" he does end it with a glottal stop, no?
> Just checking -- i'm no linguist, much as I admire ya'll!
>
> David Frye <dfrye at umich.edu>
>
>