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who are contraction

Who're /ˈhuː.ɚ/ (US), /ˈhuː.ə(r)/ (UK) is the contracted spelling of who are. Within the contraction, the unstressed are is reduced so that only its final /r/ survives in fast speech.

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Who're /hʊr/ is the contraction of who are: unstressed are reduces to just /r/.

Who're you texting? In fast speech the /h/ plus /r/ can collapse toward one syllable, approaching were /wɜːr/. In writing, whose /huːz/ is the possessive, spelled differently.

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