Wuh Joo Tawkin Bout

I was just thinking how weird it was that the proper way to say some word combinations in English is to mix consonants together to make a new sound, or to ignore one of the sounds. I find it happening with contractions.

It’d = Idd. Idd be great if you did the dishes.

What’d you do last night = Wuh joo do last night? A case where the “tdy” combination actually turns into the J sound. Whoa.

Of course, the real correct way to say “What’d you do last night?” is to pronounce every part of it. The t and the d and the y. But who actually does that?

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Oh, and Thomas Hobbes’ state of nature doesn’t exist because humans are born with a sense of compassion. So says JJ Rousseau.