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Re: geemblik

From:# 1 <salut_vous_autre@...>
Date:Sunday, February 13, 2005, 21:51
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