2 Kinds of Stops: Held vs Glottal | American English Pronunciation

American English has two types of "stops": the held and the glottal. What's the difference? Find out in this American English lesson from English Hacks!

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Intro: (0:00)
IMPORTANT!: (0:37)
Map of How Stop Sounds Work: (1:25)
Held Stop: (3:33)
Glottal Stop: (3:58)
When to Use Each?: (6:10)
Be Careful!: (9:08)
Outro and Up Next: (9:59)

Credit for diagram: Blausen.com staff (2014). "Medical gallery of Blausen Medical 2014". WikiJournal of Medicine 1 (2). DOI:10.15347/wjm/2014.010. ISSN 2002-4436., CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons

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