Glottal Stop Gemination in California English?

Skippy   Mon Apr 05, 2010 11:29 pm GMT
I've noticed a few of my friends do this...

In words like "important" and "written" the glottal stop is doubled... So it's like "import-tant" /impor??n/ and "writ-ten" /rI??n/.

Anyone else notice this?
important   Tue Apr 06, 2010 2:09 am GMT
You mean:

[Im'pOr?n=?]
and ['r\I?n=]