Considering the extensive usage of the glottal stop by English people, do you think it might be integrated into pronunciation dictionaries/ it might become the norm some day?
Cline Horgues, France, Feb 1999 I would say that it is ALREADY the norm in certain environments, eg for word-final /t/ before a consonant, in all except the most formal styles. It is by now unusual to hear anything but [?] in “quite nice”. You will see that I have certainly “integrated” it into my Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (p. 307). As long as it remains an allophone of /t/, the phonemic principle means that we do not need to transcribe it distinctly. Please see my article on transcribing EE. 14. Could I suggest purely from experience that the expression ‘cheers’ to mean ‘goodbye’/’thank you’ is more associated with Leeds, Yorks than the south east? I work on a tech support desk, the majority of the callers being in the South. Twelve months ago, judging by their reactions, the expression was relatively unfamiliar to them, but is commonly used in Leeds.Charles Colbourn, Leeds, England, March 1999 Interesting — and supports my view that Rosewarne was quite wrong about “cheers”.
