I didn't get it until I started trying to say "hot potato" in the middle of a sentence, like "Look out! Hot potato incoming!"
The 't' in "hot" became more and more like a glottal stop as my tongue started to touch the gums of my top front teeth less and less.
NO
Neither do I self-identify as a tankie, I don't think anyone who'd identify themselves as tankies would think of me as one.