Grove Spelling Dictionary
the long u

Where does the y sound come from?

graft: letters 2, 3, 4
Writtenjujube

JOO-joob

From the j itself. An English j at the start of a stressed syllable is a compound sound, a d and a soft zh pressed together, and the yoo that follows is the ordinary long u of June, July and junior. Writing it out as jyoo splits one thing into two and doubles what is already there.

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