in the word “beyond”, the y
@aescling i answered audible but i now realized my test to confirm that the glide is actually a result of the y instead of just the result of the vowel sequence was flawed and now i'm not sure.
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@alyssa the newly released 12th edition of the merriam-webster collegiate dictionary insists the y is silent, which is what inspired my poll, because i Disagree, in that there is definitely a glide there. (bafflingly, its attested purronunciation fur the word does not even transcribe the existence of a glide!)
(that said, your counterpoint is the reason i somewhat considered that m-w might be “right” here, and also a contributing factor to why i created the poll)
