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Originally Posted by KyleGoetz
We can nitpick all we want, but the fact is that saying it doubles the following consonant is accurate enough for someone in their first year or two of Japanese.
I mean, when you double a voiceless consonant in English, I think all you do is perform a glottal stop anyway.
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Fair enough, but even if you don't tell them that it's called a 'glottal stop' I think it's worthwhile to mention what its true function is. It's certainly not an advanced concept, and considering how important proper diction is to sounding natural in a language I think it's not inappropriate to bring it up.