Be Careful of the Sound /j/
The sound /j/ can also give you information about a person’s accent. This is the j, ge or dge sound that you can hear in American English words like “jump”, “gentle” and “judge.” (You can hear it twice in “judge”!)
Many American speakers don’t pronounce this sound after the letters d, n and t.
This is formally called yod-dropping, and it can easily be seen in everyday words such as:
tune
duty
student