Thread: Assimilation of /ʒ/ /dʒ/ and /tʃ/ sounds
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Default Re: Assimilation of /ʒ/ /dʒ/ and /tʃ/ sounds
Thank you susan53 for your valuable reply.

Regarding isolated words, it seems to me that ENDURE (en-dure) /ɛnˈdʊə(r)/ /ɪnˈdjʊə(r)/ does not take the yod coalescdence sound /dʒ/ because /d/ and /j/ are part of the same syllable and they do not meet/encounter together; in other words they're not adjacent sounds.

As for connected speech the yod coalescence sound of /ʒ/, which ocurrs when the /z/ and /j/ sound meet together, does not happend regularly; for example:

Jesus loves you /ˈdʒiːzəs lʌ(v)z juː/

Some native English speakers may pronounce it as follows:

(a) /ˈdʒiːzəslʌ(v)ʒ uː/

(b) /ˈdʒiːzəslʌ(v)zjuː/
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