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#197 Why British Say Wo'ta, Not 'Water' (Glottal Stop)

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Can You Really Hear the T?

You can say scotland but I've never really heard a native speaker say that, at least down here in the south of England. You're not just removing the T, it's not scotland. You're replacing the T with the glottal stop, scotland, sctland. Do some practice so do not get frustrated if you cannot get it because it's a difficult sound to make. Let's look at some more examples now. We had Britain or British, British rather than British, British. Could be forgotten or forgotten, forgotten, forgotten. That's very common cat flap. But see the first word ends in a T, the next is a conson

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