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The pattern is unvoiced (ch) for the present, voiced (j) for the past.

Wha(t)choo mean? [present]
Wha(d)joo mean? [past]

The alternate pattern is:
Whadda you mean? [present] [Lower schwa on final a of Whadda.]
Whadda joo mean? [past] [Higher schwa on final a of Whadda.]

At least that's my story, and I'm sticking to it!

'What joo mean?'

If you hear this it means 'What do you mean?'

You would write it like this : 'What d'you mean?'

You're right, the schwa as you call it, replaces that part of the word that is missing, in this case the o from do, so the schwa comes after the d.

This will not work for the past tense 'What did you mean?' because to understand it as past tense you n

CalifJim
At least that's my story, and I'm sticking to it!

Perfect, that's wha

No such thing as What joo mean. The pronunciation is: "What do you mean?" I'm afraid that there is a lot of very sloppy English being spoken these days and I often wonder whatever is being taught in the schools. It is not only spoken English which is badly spoken but written English also. I've seen "wanna" used a few times to mean "want to". English is a wonderful language and deserves care

there is a lot of very sloppy English being spoken these days

Some people do have the opinion that it is sloppy. That may be true. Nevertheless, our students do hear it all the time, and their experiences in classrooms where only the purest forms of English pronunciation are used are of absolutely no help to them when they do hear these reduced forms. They are left

Hi, lemme say this:

CalifJimNevertheless, our students do hear it all the time, and their experiences in classrooms where only the purest forms of English pronunciation are used are of absolutely no help to them when they do hear these reduced forms. They are left confused by the fact that 75% of

One of the reasons you're learning so much is that you're not afraid to take risks.

In fact, you took a risk in the last post, so it gave you an opportunity to learn something else, namely, that it's not true that you never stop to learn. You always stop to learn; that's exactly why you never stop learning!

Please respond with questions if you didn't

purest forms of English pronunciation: Purest forms? Wrong, I'd say, very often wrong.

Now, Kooyeen, before you get yourself worked up into a dither, read it again. Note that there is no comma before where. It's a restrictive clause. Does that help?

CJ

Not afraid of taking risks? I am afraid! I'm afraid to make mistakes and then keep on making them. It's difficult to get rid of certain mistakes you've been making for a long time.
I knew it had to be "stop learning", but it slipped out, ooops. Anyway, thanks for pointing it out, I think that helps me avoid mistakes in the future.