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How Do New Yorkers Say Huge?

In the New Yorkish pronunciation of “huge,” the consonant cluster “hy” is replaced by a “y” sound. If the “h” in “huge” were a normal consonant, the word would be pronounced HOOGE, and dropping the “h” would result in the pronunciation OOGE. Who says Yuge instead of huge? Yuge is the pronunciation of the word …

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