Re: Glottal stops and Cockney dialect

--- In cybalist@..., "Richard Wordingham" <richard.wordingham@...>
wrote:

> --- 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.

Richard or someone, enlighten an American: What's Estuarine?
From a Google search I learn it's universally despised (at least by
those who comment on dialects on the Web), but what's the estuary
involved?
Dan Milton