| Most English speakers find it difficult to articulate a vowel without the support of an initial consonant, the default being the glottal stop. |
| Phoneticians disagree as to whether the glottal stop precedes or follows the consonant. |
| He is Scottish at a time when it is no longer a disadvantage to have a glottal stop and a colourful vocabulary. |
| No previous knowledge is required, although familiarity with the glottal stop and tolerance of torrential profanity is a necessity. |
| I migrated to Australia in 1960, and so have missed the rise of Estuary English and the ascendancy of the glottal stop in the UK, which John Sturrock discusses. |
| The sign hamza also represents a glottal stop and is transliterated in the same way. |
