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How to Pronounce “day”

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Elision in English — The Sounds Speakers Drop

Sandwich becomes sammich, next day becomes nex day, comfortable loses a syllable. The rules behind the sounds English drops in connected speech, with audio.

Silent D and G — Wednesday, Handsome, Sign, Design, Foreign

The d squeezed out of Wednesday and handsome, the g dropped from gnome, sign, design and foreign, and the words where the silent g returns: signature, designate.

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