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Oliver_W
10-04-2023, 07:27 AM
Exactly
Batman
Crimson Dynamo
10-04-2023, 07:38 AM
Scottish people do pronounce their "ts" differently than other English speakers. They tend
to use a "glottal stop" sound instead, which is made by briefly closing the vocal cords. This
can make the "t" sound in words like "butter" sound more like "bu'er" to non-Scottish
speakers.
Kazanne
10-04-2023, 07:39 AM
Yes I do.
Scottish people do pronounce their "ts" differently than other English speakers. They tend
to use a "glottal stop" sound instead, which is made by briefly closing the vocal cords. This
can make the "t" sound in words like "butter" sound more like "bu'er" to non-Scottish
speakers.
yes, thats how i say the words. The only time t's are pronounced traditionally is at the beginning and end of words, and even then, not so much :laugh:
Oliver_W
10-04-2023, 08:01 AM
I was re-reading David Copperfield again over the weekend and this section made me self-conscious of how I say the word :joker:
perhaps, but I couldn’t azackly’—that was always the substitute for exactly, in Peggotty’s militia of words—‘bring my mind to it.’
Niamh.
10-04-2023, 08:19 AM
I don't in exactly, but I do in Batman
hijaxers
10-04-2023, 06:05 PM
Yes i do in both.
rusticgal
10-04-2023, 06:11 PM
I do…
arista
10-04-2023, 06:17 PM
Yes
Kate!
10-04-2023, 06:23 PM
Yep
Crimson Dynamo
10-04-2023, 06:37 PM
the absolute worst tragedy of English is adults who cannot pronounce the basic TH sound
a tragedy of primary education in this great nation of ours
:umm2:
Oliver_W
10-04-2023, 08:14 PM
Scottish people do pronounce their "ts" differently than other English speakers. They tend
to use a "glottal stop" sound instead, which is made by briefly closing the vocal cords. This
can make the "t" sound in words like "butter" sound more like "bu'er" to non-Scottish
speakers.
Can you tell the difference between a Scot trying to say "butter", and deliberately saying "bu'er" ? If that makes sense?
I'm very Scottish and I pronounce the T very strongly.
Crimson Dynamo
10-04-2023, 08:32 PM
Can you tell the difference between a Scot trying to say "butter", and deliberately saying "bu'er" ? If that makes sense?
I would say BuTTer
but a Glaswegian Celtic "fan" would say Bu...uuuurrrrrrr
i modify how i talk to match the people i am with. Strong glaswegian doesn't get you very far in the south of england :laugh:
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