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Quick pronunciation survey. In each case, pick the one that's closest to your version – it doesn't have to be absolutely exact. (And 'ə' is a schwa, ie. a neutral 'uh' type of vowel sound.)

If you use different pronunciations in different contexts, answer the commonest one and expand in a comment. Likewise if you have a pronunciation that's not like any of the options…

[Poll #1729985]

Date: 2011-04-14 03:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] undyingking.livejournal.com
Dang it, I meant to include that in the poll, but forgot. For me that one is also 'joo'.

Date: 2011-04-14 03:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bibliogirl.livejournal.com
I think I know _why_ that one differs for me, and it dates back to one of the songs we sang in the school choir ("I Sing Of A Maiden", not that anyone would care). It includes a line about "as dew in April that falleth on the grass" and my music teacher was particular about how it was pronounced, and it stuck.

Date: 2011-04-14 03:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] venta.livejournal.com
Was she makeless?

I answered "dy..." for most things, but am now (saying things out loud) and wondering that I might veer more towards a "j...". I do remember being very firmly told by choirmonsters that it was dyo-oo-oo in April.

Date: 2011-04-14 03:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bibliogirl.livejournal.com
She was indeed makeless, and our guy said much the same about the April dampness ;)

Date: 2011-04-14 09:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mr-malk.livejournal.com
Curious. In isolation I could easily say "joo" or "dyoo", but in the context of a sentence, I'd always say "dyoo", at least in my normal register.

With "due", the first example that came to mind was "Give the Devil his due". Give the Devil his "joo" sounds like the Unacceptable Face of Catholicism!

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