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EPISODE · Aug 12, 2009 · 6 MIN

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

from American English Pronunciation Podcast · host Seattle Learning Academy

Linguistic concepts of 'syncope' and 'compression' make big words into smaller words. Luckily, there is a pattern. Full episode transcripts at www.pronuncian.com/podcast.

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