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According to Wikipedia, East Anglia does universal yod-dropping, so mute/moot would be homophonic. (See https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:English_dialect-
by jcranmer 4y ago
According to Wikipedia, East Anglia does universal yod-dropping, so mute/moot would be homophonic. (See https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:English_dialect-dependent_homophones#Yod-dropping_and_coalescence https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:English_dialect-depe...).
Personally, I haven't come across anyone who pronounces 'mute' without the /j/.