Re: [tied] Glottal stops and Cockney dialect

--- In cybalist@..., Max Dashu <maxdashu@...> wrote:

> I read years ago that the opposite was happening in Britain itself;
> the article stated that young aristos such as Di's Sloan Rangers

set

> showed a trend of adopting the glottal stop and other speech

patterns

> of the hoi polloi.

The glottal stop (spelt 't') is safe, but Estuarine isn't the same as
Cockney.

Richard.