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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
W glide
When you say 'how are you' is there a w glide between how and are. Similarly when you say 'how do you do' is there a w glide between how and do?
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Anonymous When you say 'how are you' is there a w glide between how and are. Similarly when you say 'how do you do' is there a w glide between how and do? No.
- Anonymous When you say 'how are you' is there a w glide between how and are.
- Similarly when you say 'how do you do' is there a w glide between how and do?
- No.
- The glides are only heard between vowels.
- h ow | a re d is not a vowel h ow | d o, so there's no need for a connecting glide sound.
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Anonymous When you say 'how are you' is there a w glide between how and are. Similarly when you say 'how do you do' is there a w glide between how and do?No. The glides are only heard between vowels. how | are
d is not a vowel how | do, so there's no need for a connecting glide sound.
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