Vocalists, especially choral singers, will learn all sorts of techniques to put syllables to a particular rhythm. Some languages (Hebrew, Latin, Sanskrit) lend

Vocalists, especially choral singers, will learn all sorts of techniques to put syllables to a particular rhythm. Some languages (Hebrew, Latin, Sanskrit) lend themselves to rhythmic chanting and singing, with generously interspersed vowels. You can also hear bad singing, with extended sssibilantsss... or multiple pops, as each singer finishes a "t" or "p" out of sync. It's interesting to think about lengthening of different types of consonants, such as glottal stops! But mentally, if you put two t's together, it makes sense to hold them longer? The linguistic principle of sandhi means that when we verbalize words, the adjoining sounds can coalesce, so sometimes if you're between two words, it would make sense that the sound is held for longer as partly a remnant of the first word, running into the second.