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erosomniac
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Thank goodness, I was hoping we weren't the only ones.
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Tante Shvester
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Now I don't know how I say it. I've read and pronounced all the ways listed in this thread, and landed up confusing myself.
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Marek
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am i the only one who thinks of the end of buffy when they see mention of glottal stop?

(i'm guessing that i am)
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beverly
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Grrr, Argh?
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Glenn Arnold
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Say this with a glottal stop:

Betty Batter bought some butter
"But," she said, "this butter's bitter."
"If I put it in my batter
it will make my batter bitter."
So she bought some better butter,
put it in the bitter batter,
and made the bitter batter better.
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Tante Shvester
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Darn you, Glenn. I tried your tongue twister, and very nearly choked myself to death.

Please, people, I implore you, for the love of humanity, do not try this alone at home!
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Glenn Arnold
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Even better, do it with a scottish accent (imagine Shrek)
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TomDavidson
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Oddly, with a Scottish accent is the only way I can do it without error.
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Glenn Arnold
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Yeah, that's the way I learned it.
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It also works with a Cockney accent.
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Glenn Arnold
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Maybe I should have said "It's easier when you say it with a scottish accent."

That's kind of actually what I meant.
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Marek
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in buffy, there was a thing about the meaning of m+glottal stop, very late in the last season.
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