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That "jr" in "Jrue" is SAE-Ebonics phonetic spelling Larry Send a noteboard - 13/07/2012 10:18:08 PM
Asked this earlier on Twitter:

When pronouncing "dr" at the beginning, e.g. "dragon," does the "dr" sound like "dj," "j," or "dur"? (Assuming designated English pronunciations for those letters/combinations).

So if that was supposed to be an exhaustive list of possibilities, I don't really see myself fitting any of them...
I found myself thinking about this after seeing the scroll on ESPN earlier about the brother of a basketball player, Jrue Holliday. I thought that when I mentally said "Drew," it did sound almost like "Jrue" and that led me to think a bit about the question above.

I can see how you'd think that, I guess, though that might just have to do with how very unusual that "jr" is in English (or for that matter any other language I know).


I typed "dur" for "dr" to mean something akin to the "proper" pronunciation. When I'm speaking rapidly or to certain family/friends, I may slip up and use a "dj" (like
in bridge";), while some Southerners I've heard go to a harder "j" sound even, with no trace of a "d" in it.

I was curious to see if other dialects did this or if it was mostly SAE/Ebonics (or AAE, if you prefer).
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/Linguistics: Curious to see how people across the globe pronounce this Larry - 13/07/2012 07:02:35 AM 1653 Views
Re: /Linguistics: Curious to see how people across the globe pronounce this DomA - 13/07/2012 12:45:03 PM 458 Views
I think I get the picture Larry - 13/07/2012 10:21:37 PM 562 Views
I don't include a j sound. Narg - 13/07/2012 03:53:20 PM 455 Views
Interesting Larry - 13/07/2012 10:19:19 PM 422 Views
neither.... who says dur-agon? i don't palatalize the cluster. *NM* temeraire - 13/07/2012 05:23:45 PM 222 Views
Some Southerners? *NM* Larry - 13/07/2012 10:18:36 PM 215 Views
heh... another interesting feature of aave/southern dialects is str as shtr, i.e. shtress *NM* temeraire - 14/07/2012 04:28:05 PM 221 Views
I've heard that before as well, now that you mention it Larry - 14/07/2012 04:50:34 PM 463 Views
That's not Received Pronunciation. If I were dictator, we would beat people to force them to quit. Tom - 13/07/2012 09:40:16 PM 438 Views
So no "tyune" for "tune"? Larry - 13/07/2012 10:15:05 PM 490 Views
At least no "chune" for "tune" Tom - 13/07/2012 11:42:12 PM 412 Views
And I thought "tyune" was RP, actually. *NM* Tom - 13/07/2012 11:42:56 PM 188 Views
I think so. *NM* Rebekah - 13/07/2012 11:47:20 PM 174 Views
Re: So no "toon" for "tune"? <-- Fixed that for you. *NM* Tim - 13/07/2012 11:50:32 PM 206 Views
Ha, no, I don't speak like a Yankee Larry - 14/07/2012 01:02:03 AM 466 Views
Not very good with the linguistics terminology, but I just say, well, "dr". Legolas - 13/07/2012 09:54:08 PM 417 Views
That "jr" in "Jrue" is SAE-Ebonics phonetic spelling Larry - 13/07/2012 10:18:08 PM 557 Views
How are "dj" and "j" supposed to differ? Can I have that in IPA please? Tim - 13/07/2012 11:49:02 PM 448 Views
Sure, if I can copy/paste this in Larry - 14/07/2012 01:00:04 AM 435 Views
Thanks, that makes sense now. Tim - 14/07/2012 10:31:07 AM 393 Views
Re: Thanks, that makes sense now. Larry - 14/07/2012 11:13:25 AM 424 Views
Had to think about it for a moment but... everynametaken - 14/07/2012 07:23:30 AM 404 Views
I guess it's closest to "dur" LadyLorraine - 15/07/2012 04:37:15 PM 595 Views
Dur, it's dur! LordPerrin - 16/07/2012 05:30:28 AM 473 Views
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