Name: Day 14 - Reducing YOU, YOUR, YOU'RE - Understanding Fast Speech in English
Uploaded: 2018-09-23T07:40:15.000Z
Duration: 4 min 10 s
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To-infinitive

YOU is an interesting word in fast speech

because it can change in more than one way.

Or it might sound like I'm dropping the vowel sound altogether,

and I'm left with a Y sound.../y/...Y'know what?

The contraction YOU'RE can reduce to YER.

will do the same exact thing, as in, "What's your name?"

T before "you" can sound like "chu" in fast speech.

As in... can't you / won't you / don't you

D before "you" in fast speech may sound like "ju"... a J sound.

"You" can be said different ways in fast speech.

Many people reduce it with a simple scwha.

Or even "where'dja"...Where didja go? Where'dja go?

Note that similar changes happen with YOUR/YOU'RE.

So listen how the T and D change as I read these sentences.

However, many people would choose to read

I think the "thatcher" variation sounds more informal

and much more relaxed. I would use the glottal stop.