Yod-Dropping in Norfolk Dialect

Many English speakers have yod-dropping after coronals. Words such as dew, duke, new, student, tune are usually pronounced with no palatal glide in American English. However, the dialect of Norfolk exhibits yod-dropping not only after coronals but after all consonants. The palatal glide is only preserved when it is word-initial as in unit and usual. The following words have yod-dropping in the Norfolk dialect:


beauty
cute
few
human
humour
museum
music
music
pew
view

Yod-dropping after coronals is common in American English, but it does not occur after labials and velars. However, the dialect of Norfolk exhibits yod-dropping after all consonants. This makes the Norfolk dialect very innovative with respect to yod-dropping.