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[Robertohidaka]

Hi,

I have seen in some youtube videos as well as in my reduction accent guide topics regarding linking and combining words.

I see that some people use : didjə for( did you) but when speaking a sentence fully, I have heard people saying: djoou as in. How djoou get here? instead of how didjə get here? do you use both? or just one fo them?
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[solzen]

When you hear "How djoou get here?" it's actually the shortened form of "How'd you," which is already the shortened form of "How did you". How did you --> How'd you --> How djoou.

So... "How didjə" = "How did you" and "How djoou" = "How'd you". They're both fine (colloquially)!
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[Corey]

Six of one, half dozen of the other.

The poster is right - they're the same.

Pronunciation difference would come down to the difference in the last sounds (jə and oou) - maybe some regional dialectic difference.
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