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Regarding 3), we should be clear that "wh" is [w] for the large majority of American speakers as well as basically all other non-Scotsmen. 4) is referred to as yod-dropping and is indeed well-entrenched in most American forms; it occurs regularly after alveolar and post-alveolar consonants.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Regarding 3), we should be clear that "wh" is [w] for the large majority of American speakers as well as basically all other non-Scotsmen. 4) is referred to as yod-dropping and is indeed well-entrenched in most American forms; it occurs regularly after alveolar and post-alveolar consonants.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Regarding 3), we should be clear that "wh" is [w] for the large majority of American speakers as well as basically all other non-Scotsmen. 4) is referred to as yod-dropping and is indeed well-entrenched in most American forms; it occurs regularly after alveolar and post-alveolar consonants.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
madmouth commented on the word yod-dropping
the slow but inevitable process in English of 'oo' replacing 'you' sounds in words such as mature, Tuesday, during, etc. in some examples the yod has so totally dropped that their original form sounds bizarre (e.g. super); others feel totally wrong with the yod off (e.g. cupidity). cumin is a big fence-maker.
July 21, 2009
qroqqa commented on the word yod-dropping
Inevitable unless the yod has already fused with the preceding consonant: məˈtʃʊə, ˈtʃuːzdeɪ, 'dʒʊərɪŋ; and in earlier times 'ʃʊgə, 'neɪtʃə.
July 21, 2009
madmouth commented on the word yod-dropping
I always envisioned the path straight from 'chooseday' to 'tooseday', actually. or is fusion one way of solving the Cj cluster and yod-dropping another?
July 22, 2009
yarb commented on the word yod-dropping
I know plenty of people who will drop the yod on cumin and cupidity. I'm quite yod-centric myself and am loath to give it up, especially on tuesday. If you're a yod-dropper, but not a West-country peasant, I dare you to drop it on beautiful.
July 22, 2009
pterodactyl commented on the word yod-dropping
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July 22, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word yod-dropping
Overheard one this morning on NPR: usury, in which the second yod was missing. (I pronounce it with two.)
July 23, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word yod-dropping
*sob* I knew it was coming!!! I knew it!!!
*drops soggy handkerchief onto 'you's grave.*
*glares sideways at 'oo'.*
July 24, 2009