Re: geemblik
| From: | Estel Telcontar <estel_telcontar@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, February 15, 2005, 0:52 |
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René Uittenbogaard ha tera a:
> [...] Are there many examples in other languages
> of reducing six syllables to three?
The most drastic instance of reduction I can think of is the sentence I
described here:
http://listserv.brown.edu/archives/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0302D&L=conlang&P=R25463&D=0&H=0&O=T&T=1
(back in my early days on the list before I knew the dangers of
starting Yet Another English Pronunciation Thread)
Basically, the sentence involves the reduction of "I am going to have"
to 2 syllables [aIm g&v], starting from 6 or 4 depending on whether you
take hypercorrect speech or normal-speed colloquial speech as your
starting point.
Another instance that comes to mind is an instance when my sister said
[djAn@] as a reduced form of "do you want to" - 4 syllables to 2.
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