in the word “beyond”, the y
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so what would you make of the above question after you consider the pronunciation of, say, “peon”? or “biopic”? or “biopsy”?
@aescling i would need to make a recording to clearly tell the difference between my /ijɑ/ and /i.ɑ/ but the experience of producing them is different
/aɪ.ɑ/ is more clearly two sounds and not a dipthong
@aescling "bi" of course has its own reasons for the pronunciation, and I can pronounce peon with or without an added "y" sound depending on accent, but neither of those affect whether you can hear the sound in the first question for me?