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I've never heard an American say it without the W sound. It seems to me very difficult to say without it.

In my accent (in Dutch) we tend to put it in to make it easier to say. Similar to the liaison in French. I sort of copy this in English. Kowala is much easier to pronounce for me than Koala. I don't really hear the difference when someone else says it, bc the -w- in between is without meaning for me. Just like with for exa,ple Theo, I say more THEE-yo than THEE-o. It's just easier to say with the little liaison letter in there.