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Ray Bergman wrote: [...] > The sound before a word beginning with a vowel is a glottal stop. [...] In some languages, such as Arabic or Hokkien, it is phonemic, but in others, such as most (all?) English dialects, it is not, and often occurs only after a pause. If I say, "That is an ugly old owl", I can do it without a single glottal stop. -- Mike Wright http://www.CoastalFog.net _______________________________________________________ In my experience, mental health is a lot like sex-- sometimes you just have to fake it. -- Dee Dee Starr