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Dje

blending; abbreviation
"Do you" at the beginning of a question.
 
"Dje folla?" "Dje wanna come?"
Etymology : Assimilation of the voiced stop [d] in "do" to the palatal approximant [j] of "you", because the tight and cumbersome [u] of "do" was dropped. The assimilation of the alveolar and the palatal results in the average of the sounds, the palato-alveolar affricate [dzh] (approx.) of "dje". The [u] of "you" is softened to a schwa or wedge, resulting our final product, "dje".
Source : A bajillion Americans.
Last modified: 29 November 2011

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