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Old 11-13-2014, 11:08 PM
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Using a glottal stop instead of a "t" in button and mountain is a regional accent. I hear it all the time near Philadelphia. I was born there and had a terrible accent, including those Philadelphia "O"s, until my parents nagged it out of me.