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Do you use a glottal stop for 'how about you'?

Street-Albatross8886
From what I've seen 'how aboutchu'' is also a way to say that but I'm talking about the other way of saying it. Do you use a glottal stop (completely done with the throat like uh oh) or a stop t (tounge stays in the t position without releasing the air)?

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hatredpants2
American here. I use a glottal stop for this, not the stopped T.
chayat
If I'm honest with myself it's probably closer to "how abow chew"
CaptainFuzzyBootz
I would say: 1) How about(glottal stop)you? 2) How 'bout you?
SnooDonuts6494
I'm from Northern UK. I've just tried saying it. I make a *very* short glottal stop. Ah(g)bahtya. Obviously it will vary massively, depending on accent. I wouldn't normally say it, anyway. I'd say "y'rate", if I was using my native accent - and that's pretty much one syllable.
AlexEmbers
I do. I'm British and use glottal stops heavily, especially when speaking quickly.
egg_mugg23
i say it like how bou you because i am allergic to pronouncing t’s
VerbsRunTheShow
Canadian here. I'm and English teacher and I'm pretty sure we use a held/stop 't' for that. We also drop the 'a' at the beginning of about, as u/CaptainFuzzyBootz mentioned. So, in a casual English conversation that would be: "How 'bout*(held 't')* you?" I'm not sure how they do it in England though...
helikophis
"haubauchew", no glottal stop.
Aiden-Isik
Scottish, glottal stop after "about".
YouGotInked
Nobody I know really pronounces the “T” in “about.” It’s just emphasized to be harder. I think that’s glottal.
Physical_Floor_8006
Mine goes even further than that if I'm being honest. How bow you.
brokebackzac
Abbreviated glottal stop. I don't really do the "choo" thing either. I also say "February" and "comfortable" correctly, which seems odd to many people.
homomorphisme
American and I use a glottal stop for the T.
GeneralOpen9649
Toronto here. I say it like “how bah’ you” with the glottal stop in there.
jmajeremy
I think I say it more like "how abow you". The vowel from about just kind of blends into the y of you.
DREAM_PARSER
I do. "Tchu" sometimes, but mostly not. For reference, I use a Central California accent with some slight rural California accent mixed in (i grew up there)
snails-exe
stop t, i think 😅
LifeHasLeft
How aboutchyou?
flowderp3
Glottal stop. But tongue often won't be fully in the t position—my tongue will stop short of actually touching the roof of my mouth behind my teeth.
Necessary_Echo8740
I say “how bow (glottal stop) you”
TheLurkingMenace
I tend to say "howbouyou?"
DaWombatLover
Typical American English (The one you hear on American media) is the glottal stop. Enunciating the T in abouT is eccentric but usually unnoticed unless looking for it.
Pandaburn
Yes I do, and I never noticed before
myrichiehaynes
1: How abou choo 2: How abou yoo so, neither really.
Fizzabl
As a Brit I kinda go "how abou' you?" so kinda like a glottal stop
JoreyShol
Depends on the accent. With British English you can use glottal stops whenever you like and as many times as you like. You can be inconsistent with it too. Sometimes I pronounce certain words with a glottal stop and sometimes I don’t use the stop on those same words.
MimiKal
I use a glottal stop at least the vast majority of the time I think, southern UK.
DopazOnYouTubeDotCom
I do, but most people don’t
Acethetic_AF
I typically say “‘ow ‘bou’ you?”
Necessary_Soap_Eater
Mine would sound more like “how ’bachoo” tbh
Wut23456
Sounds kinda like "how bow you"
kaleb2959
Almost everyone speaking informally will either say "how 'bouʔ you" (glottal stop) or "how 'bouch you?" (merging the t and the y). If you keep a distinct t and y sound, you'll sound very formal.
Taiqi_
I say either depending on the context. I come from a country with a creole, but I grew up more with the standard variation of English. When I'm talking "great" as it is called here, in formal settings or generally with strangers, I use stopped T. In this case I'm more likely to use /tju/ (teew) or /tʃu/ (chew) if I'm speaking quickly. With close friends on the other hand who would be speaking more in creole, I may start using a glottal stop for final Ts since that's how it is in the creole.