I retract my below posting.  I was wrong.  I was thinking of "dew" 
which would be pronounced with a j-glide.  "Due" does rhyme 
with "do" and "doo".

--- In [email protected], "lovett1979" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "James" <ttlsccr@> 
wrote:
> >
> > Here's a question, do do due and doo rhyme?
> 
> First of all, Mary merry and marry do not rhyme.  (yes, i am a new 
> yorker)
> 
> Now, "do" and "doo" technically rhyme, context plays a big part in 
> hearing which one it is.  Although, I do sometimes hear that the 
vowel 
> in "doo" us particularly oo-y.  "Due" in English lyric diction is 
> completely different, it has a j-glide so it sounds more 
like "dyu."  
> But in normal (American) speech, it does rhyme with "do" and "doo."
>







 
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