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The Glottal Stop Word

Published: Sept. 20, 2011, 1:15 p.m.

The Glottal Stop Word; by So /\u0294\u02d0\u02d0/ Confused; From Volume CLVIII, Number 3, of Speculative Grammarian, March 2010. \u2014 Dear Editors, I think I may have discovered an unexpected allomorph of the so-called \u201cF-word\u201d. I have a long-time friend\u2014the sort with whom one may seem to share a psychic connection, able to complete each other\u2019s sentences and speak volumes with the a flick of an eyebrow. We were discussing a mutual enemy when she said: \u201cI wish he could get his /\u0294\u02d0\u02d0/ act together.\u201d (Read by Lee Nuance, Trey Jones, and Fiona Nuance.)