René Uittenbogaard wrote:
>I had already heard a reduction of "gegeven moment" [X@'Xev@ mo'mEnt] to
>"gevement" ['Xev@,mEnt] - a reduction from five syllables to three, but
>reducing six to three seems like pushing the limits. Are there many
>examples in other languages of reducing six syllables to three?
I can easily find examples in French:
The sentence "Je sais que tu es dedans" [Z@.se.k@.ty.E.d@.da~] (I know that
you are in)
will be said [S:e.kte.d:a~] -> 7 syllables reduced in 3 = 43%
The phrase "Je ne suis pas" [Z@.n@.sHi.pa] (I am not)
will be said [SpA] -> 4 syllables reduced in 1 = 25%
that's a good rate!
- Max