Hadar Shemesh shows how English speakers compress "did you" into "didja" and "would you" into "wouldja" by merging the /d/ and /j/ sounds. She demonstrates the pattern with examples and walks you through how to say it.
'did you,' instead of 'd' and 'yuh,' we have 'juh.' 'Juh.' Think about it as a shortcut that the mouth takes as it connects those two sounds. 'Would you?' 'Would you mind?' With reductions, 'wouldja,' 'wouldja,' 'wouldja,' 'wouldja mind?' 'Wouldja mind passing me the salt?' 'Wouldja,' 'wouldja,' 'wouldja.' 'Did you?' 'Didja,' 'didja,' 'didja,' 'didja.' Did you hear that? I told you. Try it. Try it. Let me hear the J. I told ya. I told ya. Or I told you. Jew. Jew. I warned you. Jew. Jew.
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