Re: What's with the king's (or: the princes') English?

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 20:25:09 -0700: "Peter T. Daniels"
<grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxx>: in sci.lang:

In the (atrociously edited) NBC interview of William and Harry, rerun
tonight, they, especially Harry, glottalized final /t/ -- in "let,"
"get," "not," "about," even "upsets." Is this widespread?

Full glottalisation isn't, but partial gl. is. I.e. it starts with a
glottal constriction or closure, but before that is fully there, the t
is realised anyway. Almost everybody in England does that nowadays.

Is it
perhaps an unconscious assimilation to more ordinary speech?

Possibly. They are ordinary people themselves, aren't they?

Also, Harry's title was given as "Prince of the United Kingdom." Is
that correct, or was it just an American news shorthand? What are
their primary titles, and how do they compare with those of others in
their position in the 20th century? It seems like most of the
prestigious ones are already used up on their uncles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Royal_Family :
===
List of members

This is a list of current members of the Royal Family:

* HM The Queen of the United Kingdom
* HRH The Duke of Edinburgh (The Queen's husband)
* TRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall (The Queen's
eldest son and his wife)
o HRH Prince William of Wales (The Prince of Wales's elder
son)
o HRH Prince Henry of Wales (The Prince of Wales's second
son)
* HRH The Duke of York (The Queen's second son)
o HRH Princess Beatrice of York (The Duke of York's elder
daughter)
o HRH Princess Eugenie of York (The Duke of York's younger
daughter)
* TRH The Earl and Countess of Wessex (The Queen's third son and
his wife)
o Lady Louise Windsor (The Earl of Wessex's daughter)
* HRH The Princess Royal (The Queen's daughter)
* TRH The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester (The Queen's cousin and
his wife)
* TRH The Duke and Duchess of Kent (The Queen's cousin and his
wife)
* TRH Prince and Princess Michael of Kent (The Queen's cousin and
his wife)
* HRH Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (The Queen's
cousin)

===

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