Stop using the glottal stop!

[@engvidGill]

Thanks for watching, everyone. I have many more lessons about English pronunciation; next, watch these: Learn English Pronunciation: TH & THR kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYGsgKuPqcyons0 Learn British accents and dialects kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHXHg3uNfd-qiJY

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[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

Well put, I agree!

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Gill, you are not only the best teacher/educator on KZbin or any social media platform, you are a complete treasure! We are so incredibly fortunate to have someone like you to educate everyone out there, and the beautiful thing is that it is free! God bless you Gill, I absolutely love everything about your lessons, so relaxing, informative, helpful, interesting and inspiring. Take care and best regards, Rob.

[@christina_silver]

Thank you for saying that! As a non-native speaker, I dislike the glottal T sound, it reduces all the beauty of a true British accent.

[@Anyasaidso]

i can't be agree. it's also rather beautiful so we probably shouldn't be this categorical 🤷‍♀️

[@christina_silver]

@@Anyasaidso it's my opinion, you have your own.

[@richiesd1]

I agree. The glottal T sounds low-education.

[@cheetah2882]

Me too, the T sound is weird to my ears. I rather listen the d sound

[@iamasalad9080]

Personally I love it.

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A true English teacher ever! She's amazing and she teaches with her great heart. Impossible not to understand her lessons. Thanks a lot for your dedication to teaching us. God bless you richly.

[@gabrielal1364]

So helpful! I'm into British accent and I can notice they use to pronoun the t's heavier than the American people. Thanks a lot for this new lesson! 🧡

[@Occulomotoria]

I'm so relieved 😅 I noticed those glottal stops a lot recently in movies and videos, and I don't like them. German being my first language, I should be used to glottal stops 🤣 but I love British pronunciation just because it's clear AND smooth.

[@silavlis233]

Posh English

[@bozzskaggs112]

@@silavlis233 Not posh, correct.

[@miguelmarques8593]

@@bozzskaggs112 there's no such thing as correct english

[@bozzskaggs112]

@@miguelmarques8593 Okay, posh English.

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[@DepressedCapitalist]

What an outstanding lesson! Clear, engaging and to the point. Your voice is perfect too. I guess you were born to teach. Thank you for sharing such talent. Cheers from Argentina.

[@hoangyen4324]

What an amazing teacher! I can hear almost every single word she said. She really has passion on teaching and a simple way of illustration for explaining things. Thank you Ms. Gill.❤

[@ammini999]

I fully agree, it souns better with the t sound, but it is so common especially in some movies and its good to train our ears and try to understand the speaches with glottal sounds. Thank you for your advice always preciouse.

[@溝口裕子-y1o]

Thank you for your beautiful pronunciation of consonant "t". I found the beauty of t-sound in the English language. From now on I will stop using the glottal stop.

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[@TheEarthCreature]

Thank you very much. I am doing coaching in voiceover and they told me that I do a lot of glottal stops and I wasn't fully 100% sure what they meant even after they explained it to me. These examples have helped me mentally visualize what it means and this will help me with not doing that.

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Thank you Gill! Your contributions today will outlive you! God bless you!

[@picugabi8524]

Thank you 😊 You are the best teacher ❤

[@soniamayrink3295]

Your accent is an extra lesson, and I love it. I usually use the glotal stop with "th"... it is very American and I like it too. You look adorable in that colour...you are adorable. Best wishes.

[@donbuche]

Always a pleasure to watch your leasons, Gill. You're my favorite teacher by far. Cheers from Catalonia.

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Потрясающие уроки!!! Спасибо Вам!!! Посмотрю все. Очень понравился оранжевый фломастер, в тон к шарфику. Теперь я точно знаю, что преподавала всё верно. Объясняла детишкам (то, что могла) также подробно, как и Вы. Сейчас возвращаюсь к языку и дабы не делать здесь ошибок - пишу по-русски.

[@pugpug11b]

Thank you Gill.

[@barrysteven5964]

Sorry (not really) to complicate things but can I add something from my part of the country - Durham. Up here and in fact all over Durham, Tyne & Wear and Northumberland we have a unique way of pronouncing this type of 't' sound. We also use a glottal stop but not instead of the 't' sound like for example Londoners but we keep the 't' and produce a glottal stop simultaneously with it! We do exactly the same with 'p' and 'k' sounds. If you want to know if somebody is from the north east just ask them to say 'later', 'happy' and 'lucky' and you'll see. It's what most people call the 'Geordie' accent. It's probably not wise to try to imitate it unless you're going to live here but it's interesting to hear.

[@lalamaralina2457]

Me, from Brazil, reading that: 🤯😰😭😓☠️ haha, but now seriously, is there any video on KZbin of someone from there saying those words?? I'd really love to listen to it 😂

[@lourdespalacios6669]

Thanks a lot for this wonderful lesson. I love to hear your explanations made with such a sweet, clear, soft tone of voice.

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Great video. Your unvarnished style make things refreshing for viewers. You're a like sanctuary for those who are fed up with the flying animations and sound effects by other youtubers. I could watch your videos on end just to enjoy your soothing voice and peaceful delivery. Thank you Gill! (Hello from Hong Kong)

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Thank you Gill! I can watch your lessons and listen to your calm voice many-many times!

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I love your lessons. You are a great teacher. I'm learning a lot. Thank you very much.

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Excellent! By the way, I started to understand your speech very early. Now, after some years of listening practice, I understand your clear

[@juliajacklin5584]

Thank you for sharing this video. I will be mindful of my speech. Your manner of teaching is refreshing. You always include a lesson in Grace.

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[@normaparra1459]

I always enjoy your lessons, they are very useful and from my view as a non native speaker that it is easier understand words with T sound rather than without it

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She's the best teacher ever.

[@davida7284]

It’s so awesome to see this! I told my buddy a long time ago he’d get a good shoulder punch every time he did that dumb glottal stop. lol, he figured it out and sounds like a normal human now. Glad you’re encouraging proper pronunciation. We need to combat this weird epidemic especially in the US!! 🤣

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I am going improving day by day so thanks 🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️

[@JuliaDutta]

Hi Gill, a fabulous class. I would have stayed till the last, but I need to catch uo with my work. 😊What a beautiful language English is!

[@mdvmdv660]

Thank you Gill, I had listened that kind of pronunciation but I couldn't being able to understand so good, I thought I was a bad listener, now I understand so clearly what the problem was!!!

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It is a joy to listen to her, very matter. of fact.

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Another fantastic video ! Happy Thanksgiving from USA 🌻

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They don’t have thanksgiving in the UK 🤨

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I love and enjoy your teaching. Thank you for good lesson.

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Hello ! Ma'am Gill, Hope you are fine and doing well ! 👌 Looking forward to a new English lesson you would come up with ! 😃

[@irfankuran2097]

Good advice to be given to the native English speakers of the language before anyone else:)

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This class was really helpful! Thanks again, teacher!

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Thank you so much dear Gill... It's very useful to me. You explain It so well. Cheers from Italy👸🙏🎼🌺

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This is a really valuable lesson. Thank you very much.

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[@juliaclarke9643]

Thank you very much for that lesson.

[@alikacerto2280]

Here in the US, we often use the "D" sound in place of the "T" sound. We don't really use the glottle stop.

[@Demondzeta]

actually the american pronunciation is full of glotal stops, but the use it before a consonant sound or at the end of a word

[@AndresRuiz2035]

But americans don't pronounces T letter in some words, for example: Atlantic, Latin, wanted, international, internet, etc. Is very similar to phenomenal of glottal stop. I'm not native speaker english and this is so hard for listening, when you don't pronounce "T" or when Yes.

[@anonymoushuman8344]

Replacing the hard "t" sound with a glottal stop before vowels has actually become a trend in the U.S. lately, too. You can hear interviewers and weather people doing it on t.v., not only at the ends of words but in the middle of them, too. I wonder how long it will take for this fashion to be replaced by some other strange pronunciation trend. What will the next one be?

[@alikacerto2280]

@anonymoushuman8344 Can you give me some examples? I can't think of what you're referring to. But I'll be listening for it now. What part of the US?

[@MrAn0nym0us]

@@alikacerto2280 Listen to the podcast "National Park After Dark". One girl on that podcast consistently says "moun'ain" for "mountain". Drives me bonkers every time.

[@МарияСергунН]

Oh! It would be a dream if all natives spoke like you! Your English is a marvelous! Unfortenutely you can rarely here such beatiful English even in news.

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You're marvelous Gill EnVig

[@candiceb_mat]

Dear Gill, this was a fun lesson!. My first language is not English but when I use it, I do have an American pronounciaton so I found it quite funny to stress the "t" because we don't do it. Like in "a lot of work".. that goes more like "alorofwork" (not exactly but you get the idea).😅 Or "That is true" that becomes "Datstru"😅

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Your smooth voice is comfortable to listen. Happy Thanksgiving!!!

[@Rulesforyourlife]

Thanks for the practical pronunciation lesson. You show me the answer to one of the problems that always confuse me.

[@jamesr6959]

I’m a Brit that’s lived abroad for many years and I love the glottal stop. The glottal stop is the only feature of my accent that hasn’t softened to global/American English over the years. I suppose it’s a part of my identity 😅

[@ilciavargas7318]

Without the t is like casual English but in an interview or formal job, formal English is used. I suppose is better to adapt to our surrounded just to blend in. British Standard English is phonetically beautiful!.

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You are so wonderful, Gill !!!

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Thanks Gill! You are really a great teacher...it is a pleasure to listen to you...🤗

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This is a remarkable lesson, as usual I would say. I’ve learned so much from you Gill. Thank you so much!

[@belenhernandezbenavente3420]

I love the glottal T... Maybe because it remains me of the years I lived in London 😀 I come from Madrid, Spain, so, as you can imagine, I'd better try to speak RP English than the glottal T. Pity, though 🤗 Thank you very much for the lesson.

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Marvelous! The best tutor over the world!

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Lot's of love and respect from India

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Happy New Year, Gill!

[@martapiatek4736]

The glottal stop is a proper phoneme used in a wide variety of dialects. It is not used on a whim or in order to „save time pronouncing the T”, neither is it a sign of laziness 😊

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A great pronunciation lesson on KZbin!

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absolutely splendid video.

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You are a wonderful teacher. Thanks.

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Thank you! Great work!👍👍👍🙂

[@SuperBenismail]

I think it's very important lesson for learners of English- it's really problematic even for intermediate learners. Based on my own personal experience, I found it very difficult when I arrived in London after graduating in English. It took me a while to figure out the problem and decide when or when not to use a glotal stop.

[@rreagan007]

When it doubt, just don't use a glottal stop. You are perfectly understandable without using glottal stops and it will just make your accent sound a little more American, since most American accents don't use glottal stops very often.

[@silviamonica3959]

Gill, you are wonderful!🥰

[@EmmanuelLEGRAND-f8k]

Dear Gill, I would like to know if the same is true for the pronunciation of the word "often" /ˈɒfn/ vs /ˈɒftən/. Thanks for your help.

[@engvidGill]

Hello - the word OFTEN does have alternative pronunciations, with or without the T - there is no correct/incorrect ruling - both sound correct :-)