What are you or what do you?

8 Feb 2023 · 0 min

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Short YouTube video (creator: Hadar Shemesh) demonstrating that connected spoken phrases like 'what do you' and 'what are you' often sound the same when reduced in casual speech (e.g., 'what do ya' vs 'what are ya'). The clip consists of back-and-forth examples where speakers repeat pairs to highlight the phonetic overlap.

Did you know that these two phrases sound exactly the same when you connect them? Listen. What do you see? What are you seeing?
What are you? What are ya? What are ya? What are ya? What are ya? What are ya?
What do you think? What are you thinking? What do you suggest? What are you suggesting? What do you do? What are you doing? When you connect the words in these phrases, what do ya and what are ya sound the same?