A reader asked me why some people omit the "t" sound in certain words. I was happy to learn the practice had a fun name: T-glottalization. I learned a couple of other things, too. The vocal cords are ...

When it comes to pronouncing words like ‘written,’ it can be hard to tell there are any ‘t’s in the word unless you see it, well, written. Turns out there’s a linguistic term for this t-dropping: ...