could you please → coojoo please /kʊdʒuː pliːz/ Assimilation
A polite way to ask someone to do something.
When 'could' and 'you' are spoken quickly together, the /d/ sound at the end of 'could' blends with the /j/ sound of 'you' to create a /dʒ/ sound, like in 'judge'. This makes the phrase smoother and faster to say.
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could you please → coojoo please
/kʊdʒuː pliːz/
A polite way to ask someone to do something.
When 'could' and 'you' are spoken quickly together, the /d/ sound at the end of 'could' blends with the /j/ sound of 'you' to create a /dʒ/ sound, like in 'judge'. This makes the phrase smoother and faster to say.
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Example 1
Could you please help me with this?
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Example 2
Could you please spell that name for me?
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Example 3
Coojoo please grab me a coffee?
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Example 4
Hey, coojoo please spot me twenty bucks?
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Example 5
Coojoo please send me that link later?
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could you please → coojoo please