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T-glottalization (e.g. got [gɔʔ]) is less frequent in GhP than in GhE. The reason for this may be that even in its colloquial registers GhE is still very much oriented to wards the exocentric norm of BrE (whose informal varieties show glottalization). By contrast, in terms of its target GhP is a truly endocentric phenomenon and is therefore less likely to adopt such mechanisms from outside. The notion of degree of endocentricity also explains why T-glottalization is more common in educated than in uneducated GhP. The good command of StGhE of educated GhP speakers frequently results in the carry-over into their GhP of characteristics of the standard variety.