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  • Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner, that I love London so. Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner,

  • I think of her wherever I go.

  • Welcome to London!

  • So I started my walk along the river Thame. I started at Westminster bridge and I'm just

  • walking eastwards along the river. And it is such a beautiful sunny day. Now I promise

  • London doesn't always shine like this, sometimes we do have rain but today we are very very

  • lucky. It's the perfect day to walk along the river. So let's explore, see what we can

  • find.

  • I love walking along the river Thames because I feel connected with the city and whenever

  • I have been away for a long time and I come back to London this is the first thing that

  • I'll do. I'll walk along the river Thames starting west, walking eastwards usually along

  • the South Bank because there's so much to see and do. And we're going to have a look

  • at some of those things now.

  • One of the

  • most popular places to come on the South Bank is this skate park and it draws a huge audience

  • as you can see right there. Now the skaters come down here, they are so brave. They are

  • doing incredible tricks and they've become like little celebrities. There are people

  • coming up to them right now 'Can I take your photo with you' all that kind of stuff, so

  • it's a pretty cool place to hang out. And this skate park has become a bit of an institution.

  • Now a couple of years ago i think they were trying to redevelop this area but it was saved

  • by the local community because it's so popular and I'm glad to say it's still here and more

  • popular than ever.

  • Things you don't expect to see in London, people building sandcastles next to the river.

  • Cool, why not? This guy is building a huge Homer Simpson in the sand. Why not? It's Saturday,

  • what am I going to do? I'm going to build a Homer Simpson in the sand.

  • This is how we party in London!

  • This is easily the best thing I've seen all day. These people, they are on fire!

  • This walk has inspired me to look at some pronunciation that I think is pretty interesting.

  • Now the word I want to look at is this one. How would you say that? Ok, now I say it in

  • two different ways. That's right, I know it sounds crazy but I say it in two different

  • ways. Sometimes I'll pronounce the /t/ so I'll say 'Water' and sometimes I won't pronounce

  • the /t/ I'll say 'water'. Why? I can hear you asking me that. Ok, now before we get

  • into why I do that let's look at what's happening here. So the second time I said 'water' but

  • I said it without the /t/ so 'water'. Now there that's an example of glottalization.

  • Woah! It's a big word. You don't need to worry about that word particularly. Just understand

  • that, it's an example, an example of it is when we don't pronounce the consonant sound

  • in this example it's /t/. And this is the one we are going to look at, ok? Is the /t/

  • sound. So who does this? Well, it depends on the accent that you have. Lots of British

  • English accents use glottalization of the /t/. So there are lots of them that don't

  • say /t/. Particularly in London and other parts of the country. Now why do I do it?

  • I don't really know. I think maybe when I want to sound more formal, if I'm talking

  • with my grandmother I'll probably say 'water' or maybe with my boss or whatever. But if

  • I'm with friends or I'm speaking very casually I'll just say 'water' and I don't really know

  • why I do that but I do. It's a pattern that I've noticed in my English. Alright let's

  • look at some other examples. So, the first time I say a word I'll use the /t/ and then

  • the second time I'll use the glottalization so without the /t/. So let's go with the first

  • one. 'Bottle' the first one again 'bottle'. Ok, can you hear the difference there? Alright,

  • let's go with another one. 'right'. 'A lot'. So why is this useful for you? Well, in terms

  • of production so you trying to say the words with the glottalization so not saying /t/

  • it's up to you. It's your choice, whether you want to have that kind of an accent is

  • completely up to you. However, more importantly for you guys is the receptive skills so the

  • listening skills. Because people use glottalization all the time, certainly native speakers in

  • Britain, America and Australia as well will use it. So, it's important for you to understand

  • when they say 'Can you pass me the bottle?' You don't know 'what's a bottle?' You have

  • to kind of know, that ah ok they use the glottalization of the /t/ so they mean 'bottle'. Ok, I know

  • what to do. So, I think in terms of listening it's really a important thing to know.

  • That's it for another English Hipster video. I hope you have enjoyed this trip down the

  • river Thames. I'm going to do another one, because the river Thames is so long, I'm going

  • to do another second video real soon so look out for that. Thank you so much for hanging

  • out with me today. Remember if you want to check out more of my videos go to Eat Sleep

  • Dream English dot com. And if you have enjoyed this video or you've found it useful please

  • click with a thumbs up and subscribe to my page. Alright guys, thank you so much this

  • is Tom, the English Hipster, saying goodbye.

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner, that I love London so. Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner,

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