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Interesting Larry Send a noteboard - 13/07/2012 10:19:19 PM
But i commonly hear it pronounced both with a j sound and without. I live in the pacific northwest USA in case you were looking for datapoints from various regions.


So it isn't just a Southern/African-American speech thing, perhaps?
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/Linguistics: Curious to see how people across the globe pronounce this Larry - 13/07/2012 07:02:35 AM 1717 Views
Re: /Linguistics: Curious to see how people across the globe pronounce this DomA - 13/07/2012 12:45:03 PM 518 Views
I think I get the picture Larry - 13/07/2012 10:21:37 PM 621 Views
I don't include a j sound. Narg - 13/07/2012 03:53:20 PM 519 Views
Interesting Larry - 13/07/2012 10:19:19 PM 485 Views
neither.... who says dur-agon? i don't palatalize the cluster. *NM* temeraire - 13/07/2012 05:23:45 PM 248 Views
Some Southerners? *NM* Larry - 13/07/2012 10:18:36 PM 241 Views
heh... another interesting feature of aave/southern dialects is str as shtr, i.e. shtress *NM* temeraire - 14/07/2012 04:28:05 PM 245 Views
I've heard that before as well, now that you mention it Larry - 14/07/2012 04:50:34 PM 525 Views
That's not Received Pronunciation. If I were dictator, we would beat people to force them to quit. Tom - 13/07/2012 09:40:16 PM 499 Views
So no "tyune" for "tune"? Larry - 13/07/2012 10:15:05 PM 550 Views
At least no "chune" for "tune" Tom - 13/07/2012 11:42:12 PM 465 Views
And I thought "tyune" was RP, actually. *NM* Tom - 13/07/2012 11:42:56 PM 213 Views
I think so. *NM* Rebekah - 13/07/2012 11:47:20 PM 198 Views
Re: So no "toon" for "tune"? <-- Fixed that for you. *NM* Tim - 13/07/2012 11:50:32 PM 230 Views
Ha, no, I don't speak like a Yankee Larry - 14/07/2012 01:02:03 AM 525 Views
Not very good with the linguistics terminology, but I just say, well, "dr". Legolas - 13/07/2012 09:54:08 PM 474 Views
That "jr" in "Jrue" is SAE-Ebonics phonetic spelling Larry - 13/07/2012 10:18:08 PM 620 Views
How are "dj" and "j" supposed to differ? Can I have that in IPA please? Tim - 13/07/2012 11:49:02 PM 510 Views
Sure, if I can copy/paste this in Larry - 14/07/2012 01:00:04 AM 494 Views
Thanks, that makes sense now. Tim - 14/07/2012 10:31:07 AM 460 Views
Re: Thanks, that makes sense now. Larry - 14/07/2012 11:13:25 AM 484 Views
Had to think about it for a moment but... everynametaken - 14/07/2012 07:23:30 AM 451 Views
I guess it's closest to "dur" LadyLorraine - 15/07/2012 04:37:15 PM 662 Views
Dur, it's dur! LordPerrin - 16/07/2012 05:30:28 AM 530 Views
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