Alarm Clock

[debka_notion]

My alarm clock is now up to 18 minutes fast, all of its own volition. I should reset it again, so I don't perpetualy confuse myself. A fast alarm clock is not the best thing for someone who tends to be early already. But that's what I get for getting one that was something like $5.

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except...

[debka-notion.livejournal.com]

Except that it isn't a glottal stop. It's basically a constricting of the throat itself, it doesn't come from the voice box. An apostraphe is perfect for glottal stops. Usually an ayin in Arabic is actually transliterated with a backwards apostraphe, but that isn't available via this font/typing system. The 3 is also used sometimes, especially in non-academically typed transliterations, and has the advantage of looking like a stand-alone ayin, just shifted up a bit. I'm not sure why that matters- but I guess as a mnemonic for something rather unusual...