I don't hear a tʃ, but as I said it's hard to tell with such a small clip. In some phonetic contexts, /j/ can become tʃ: for example 'that you' often becomes /ðə'ʧu:/. (In fact there was a song called 'Swonderful' that made a feature of this sound change: /'swʌndəfʊl sma:vələs 'ʧu:ʃədkeə fɔ: mi:/ etc.Wow! I like IPA, and I'm comfortable with that!:up:
But, I think instead of he's saying/'hju:gəʊ/, I heard something like
/'tʃju:gə/
I don't hear a tʃ
Wow! I like IPA, and I'm comfortable with that!
But, I think instead of he's saying/'hju:gəʊ/, I heard something like
/'tʃju:gə/
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