What is a glottal stop

About this Video: Do you know about glottalising? Ever heard of the glottal T? Do you know if and when you should use it? In this video, these are exactly what I’m going to help you with. I’m making this video for a scriber, so it’s worth leaving a comment as I could be making a video especially for you. So, a glottal stop is made when the vocal folds close completely and then, depending on whether it is followed by another syllable, they release apart suddenly, letting out a burst of sound. It is similar to when clearing your throat or coughing, except that it is slightly gentler. In British English, you hear many speakers using it to replace a T sound, but they tend to do this in one of two situations: Firstly, at the end of a word, as in: that hat hot Secondly, as part of the weak syllable. If you're not sure what I mean by weak syllable, here’s a link to another video that I made about syllables. So in a word like 'water', the ‘ter’ is the weak syllable, and because the 't' is part of that syllable,