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Forum: English Questions Apr 23rd, 2015, 01:06 am
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Posted By susan53
Re: Assimilation of /ʒ/ /dʒ/ and /tʃ/ sounds

I was describing British English.
Forum: English Questions Apr 22nd, 2015, 09:28 am
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Posted By susan53
Re: Assimilation of /ʒ/ /dʒ/ and /tʃ/ sounds

No - "endure" could be pronounced either /endjʊə/ or /enʤʊə/ - it's the same rule as in the other examples. Whether the two sounds are in different syllables or the same one is irrelevant. If the two...
Forum: English Questions Apr 22nd, 2015, 07:17 am
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Posted By susan53
Re: Assimilation of /ʒ/ /dʒ/ and /tʃ/ sounds

2. What you're describing is not assimilation but yod coalescence. The yod is the sound /j/ When it follows the sound /d/ , the two merge ( or coalesce) /d/ + /j/ = /ʤ/. So for example "Would you"...
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