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The real revelation about the movie, however, is that no matter how good a job Ralph Fiennes does at playing a creepy old madman - which he does quite well, transforming his entire body into a fearful half-hunch as he murmurs in glottal half-phrases – he is still too goddamn good-looking for some parts.

Brief Reviews Of Recent Movies I Have Seen 2006

So if this had already occurred by the time of Proto-Semitic contact, there would only be two reasonably good matches for Proto-Semitic laryngeal -ʔ-, namely glottal *-h- ( PIE *h1) or velar *x ( PIE *h2).

A list of possible Proto-Semitic loanwords in PIE 2008

This form of articulation, somewhat resembling a slight cough, is called a glottal stop.

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XII No 1 1985

And 'glottal' is such a perfect descriptor, I know exactly what you mean by that and plan to use it every chance I get!

LesNez Manoumalia: Perfume Review Marina Geigert 2009

And the achievement — the glottal suspense of "Beat It," the aspirated frenzy of "Dont Stop 'til You Get Enough," the roiling, implacable funk of "Billie Jean," the impregnable position of "Thriller" as the greatest novelty single of all time — was, even as my taste in pop became more jaded and skeptical, persistently superb.

Archive 2009-06-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2009

I think that in addition to English favoring closed syllables, it tends to have an audible glottal stop between words, like other Germanic languages.

l'accent tonique - French Word-A-Day 2009

A Japanese monster movie, dubbed into extremely glottal German.

Multicultural Experiences 2009

His breakout record, "Deep Throat," studded a sturdy dance beat with an eccentric series of glottal throat sounds, and his formula has grown no more conventional in the years since.

Radio City Hosts a Queen, Terminal 5 Rings the Bells Andy Battaglia 2012

And the achievement — the glottal suspense of "Beat It," the aspirated frenzy of "Dont Stop 'til You Get Enough," the roiling, implacable funk of "Billie Jean," the impregnable position of "Thriller" as the greatest novelty single of all time — was, even as my taste in pop became more jaded and skeptical, persistently superb.

Gotta let that fool loose, deep inside your soul Matthew Guerrieri 2009

I'm trying to figure out what glottal suspense is.

Gotta let that fool loose, deep inside your soul Matthew Guerrieri 2009