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cover of episode 71: When and why do some words (like ’interesting’) lose a syllable?

71: When and why do some words (like ’interesting’) lose a syllable?

2009/8/12
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American English Pronunciation Podcast

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Linguistic concepts of 'syncope' and 'compression' make big words into smaller words. Luckily, there is a pattern.

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