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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.

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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.

CJ