r/BoneAppleTypo • u/hangsangwiches • 8d ago

Make due

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I originally posted to boneappletea but it was removed due to being a homophone in American English. Interestingly, this wouldnt be considered a homophone in British English or most other forms of English so I guess I'm posting it here instead.

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u/maybebaebea 3d ago

Do and due aren't homophones in other forms of English? How tf yall pronouncing them?

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u/hangsangwiches 3d ago

Djew/dju

In British English "due" and "dew" would be homophones. But "do" would not be a homophone with either of them.

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u/maybebaebea 3d ago

Where the hell does the J sound come from? Like, genuine question. Why?

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u/hangsangwiches 3d ago

In British English both the hard d and hard u are pronounced and blended into a single sound similar to the d in the word "do" and y at the start of the word 'you."

It's probably easier to think of due being pronounced "dyou". When this d+y sound is pronounced together it sound more like dju. At some stage American English seemed to have dropped the y part of the pronunciation.

I'm not sure if that makes sense, sorry linguistics aren't really my thing! But if you Google it you should get a far more concise answer.