/hy/

Mon May 16 12:47:23 UTC 2005

Is the cluster /hy/ reduced to /y/ in lower-status London (England,
not Kentucky) speech? That is, is "huge" pronounced "yuge"? My handy
sources are silent on this. Reference?

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