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Elision: Is the omission or deletion of a vowel, consonant or even a whole syllable when speaking.
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In order to say it faster and easier.
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Example:

Do you think that the silent letters far in the past was pronounced?

  • His new novel is a magical mix of fantasy and reality.
  • Your shirt has a loose button.
  • They lost an awful lot of money in Las Vegas.
  • Let’s try that one more time, shall we? (I am not sure)
  • She shouldn’t climb that mountain, she has a bad knee.

Activity recording
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  1. His new novel is a magical mix of fantasy and reality.
  2. Your shirt has a loose button.
  3. They lost an awful lot of money in Las Vegas.
  4. Let’s meet up the next time you’re in town.
  5. She shouldn’t climb that mountain, she has a bad knee.

https://voca.ro/1dK5LvxObf4H let’s keep rockingg

  • His new novel is a magical*mix of fantasy and reality.
  • Your shirt has a loose button.
  • They lost an awful lot of money in Las Vegas.
  • Let’s try that one more time, shall we?
  • She shouldn’t climb that mountain, she has a bad** k**nee.
  1. His new novel is a **magical **mix of fantasy and reality.
  2. Your shirt has a loose button.
  3. They lost an awful lot of money in Las Vegas.
  4. Let’s try that one more time, shall we?
  5. She shouldn’t climb that mountain, she has a bad knee.

My recording: https://voca.ro/1ioZxYG03shU

The omission or deletion of a vowel, consonant or even a whole syllable when speaking. ![](https://static.platzi.com/media/user_upload/image-c7ac8833-2d46-4443-91f7-4f2772b03428.jpg) ## **Ways to elide a phoneme** * **Compression:** Reduction of a sound or syllable in a word. * **Syllabic consonants:** A formation whereby a vowel is removed and a consonant is left standing at the center of the syllable. ## **Compression** ```js Because -> /bɪˈkɑːz/ -> /kɑːz/ Madam -> /ˈmæd.əm/ -> /ˈmæm/ ``` We take out a lot of sounds, it’s just two syllables to only one syllable. ## **Syllabic consonant /n/** ```js Even -> /ˈiː.vən/ -> /ˈiː.vn/ Often -> /ˈɑːf.tən/ -> /ˈɑːf.n/ Human -> /ˈhjuː.mən/ -> /ˈhjuː.mn/ Garden -> /ˈɡɑːr.dən/ -> /ˈɡɑːr.dn/ ``` We take out a lot of sounds, it’s just two syllables to only one syllable. ## **Syllabic consonant /m/** ```js Rhythm -> /ˈrɪð.əm/ -> /ˈrɪð.m/ Blossom -> /ˈblɑː.səm/ -> /ˈblɑː.sm/ Bottom -> /ˈbɑː.t̬əm/ -> /ˈbɑː.t̬m/ ``` ## **Syllabic consonant /l/** ```js Historical -> /hɪˈstɔːr.ɪ.kəl/ -> /hɪˈstɔːr.ɪ.kl/ People -> /ˈpiː.pəl/ -> /ˈpiː.pl/ Literal -> /ˈlɪt̬.ɚ.əl/ -> /ˈlɪt̬.ɚ.l/ Awful -> /ˈɑː.fəl/ -> /ˈɑː.fl/ ``` ## **Silent letters** Is related to both Spelling and Pronunciation. There are some words in Enlgish that include letters that don’t reperesent any sound when pronouncing them. This is because these sounds have already been elided in the past and the new way of pronouncing these words stuck with native speakers. This is called `historical elision`. ![](https://static.platzi.com/media/user_upload/image-85fc8266-4f8e-468a-ac48-f124f00cf9d1.jpg) ## **Exercise** 1. His new `novel` is a `magical` mix of fantasy and reality. 2. Your shirt has a loose `button`. 3. They lost an `awful` lot of money in Las Vegas. 4. `Let's` try that one more time, shall we? 5. She shouldn't `climb` that mountain, she has a bad `knee`.
PLatzi's AI says that IPA stands for the International Phonetic Alphabet, a system used to transcribe the sounds of spoken language. It provides a consistent way to represent the sounds of all human languages, allowing linguists and language learners to accurately convey pronunciation. Each symbol in the IPA corresponds to a specific sound, which helps in understanding the nuances of pronunciation, especially in teaching languages like English.
1. **novel** (the "o" is often elided in casual speech) **magical** (the "i" can be elided in rapid speech) 2. **has** (the "h" may be dropped in fast speech) 3. **an** (the "a" is elided before "awful") 4. **Let’s** (the "u" in "let us" is elided) 5. **shouldn't** (the "o" can be elided)
My Elisions [records](https://voca.ro/1LiyAGZ9T99T)!! 🫶 1. His new **<u>novel</u>** is a **<u>magical</u>** mix of fantasy and reality. 2. Your shirt has a loose **<u>button</u>**. 3. They lost an **<u>awful</u>** lot of money in Las Vegas. 4. **<u>Let’s</u>** meet up the next time you’re in town. 5. She shouldn't **<u>climb</u>** that mountain, she has a bad **<u>knee</u>**.
1. His new <u>novel</u> is a <u>magical</u> mix of fantasy and reality. 2. Your shirt has a loose <u>button</u>. 3. They lost an <u>awful</u> lot of money in Las Vegas. 4. Let’s <u>meet up</u> the next time you’re in <u>town</u>. 5. She shouldn't <u>climb</u> that mountain, she has a bad knee. My recoding: <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rxInd15vqYv-35l9sMo6aQwwS3SGN4QC/view?usp=sharing>
<https://voca.ro/1fD4QDAV7zbh> ![](https://static.platzi.com/media/user_upload/image-530fc79a-cc30-4037-b623-d93154de683d.jpg)
  • His new novel is a magical mix of fantasy and reality.

  • Your shirt has a loose button

  • They lost an awful lot of money in Las vegas

  • Let’s try that one more time, shall we?

  • She shouldn’t climb that mountain, she has a bad knee.

It's me or the teacher makes the pronunciation easy to learn

https://voca.ro/16Yy6QWAlYgE

  1. His new novel is a **magical **mix of fantasy and reality.
  2. Your shirt has a loose button.
  3. They lost an **awful **lot of money in Las Vegas.
  4. **Let’s **meet up the next time **you’re **in town.
  5. She **shouldn’t **climb that mountain, she has a bad knee.
This is my recording: https://voca.ro/13p3hSYEycM9

IPA traslation:

  1. His new novel is a magical mix of fantasy and reality.

    1. hɪz nu ˈnɑvəl ɪz ə ˈmæʤɪkəl mɪks ʌv ˈfæntəsi ænd ˌriˈæləˌti.
  2. Your shirt has a loose button.

    1. jʊər ʃɜrt hæz ə lus ˈbʌtən.
  3. They lost an awful lot of money in Las Vegas.

    1. ðeɪ lɔst ən ˈɑfəl lɑt ʌv ˈmʌni ɪn lɑs ˈveɪɡəs.
  4. Let’s meet up the next time you’re in town.

    1. lɛts mit ʌp ðə nɛkst taɪm jʊr ɪn taʊn.
  5. She shouldn’t climb that mountain, she has a bad knee.

    1. ʃi ˈʃʊdənt klaɪm ðæt ˈmaʊntən, ʃi hæz ə bæd ni.

https://voca.ro/15PX3bSkXIEV

I could add one more:

  • mountain : ˈmaʊntən = ˈmaʊntn

Here my recording: https://voca.ro/16iXqiyulyHu

WAO!

I’m amazed with the historical elision, so actually the English language (and others) is in constating change.

thank you

His new novel is a magical mix of fantasy and reality.
Your shirt has a loose button.
They lost an awful lot of money in Las Vegas.
Let’s meet up the next time you’re in town.
She shouldn’t climb that mountain, she has a bad knee.
My recording

😯

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  1. His new novel is a magical mix of fantasy and reality.
  2. Your shirt has a loose button.
  3. They lost an awful lot of money in Las Vegas.
  4. Let’s try that one more time, shall we?
  5. She shouldn’t climb that mountain, she has a bad knee.

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You can listen to my recording, playing it here.

Here is my recording! Hope you like it.
His new novel is a magical mix of fantasy and reality.
Your shirt has a loose button.
They lost an awful lot of money in Las Vegas.
Let’s meet up the next time you’re in town.
She shouldn’t climb that mountain, she has a bad knee.

  1. His new novel is a magical mix of fantasy and reality.
  2. Your shirt has a loose button.
  3. They lost an awful lot of money in Las Vegas.
  4. Let’s try that one more time, shall we?
  5. She shouldn’t climb that mountain, she has a bad knee.


Here is my recording

  1. His new novel is a magical mix of fantasy and reality.
  2. Your shirt has a loose button.
  3. They lost an awful lot of money in Las Vegas.
  4. Let’s meet up the next time you’re in town.
  5. She shouldn’t climb that mountain, she has a bad knee.