Speech reductions

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These 3 words often confuse people when they go to use them. In this episode, you will learn their differences, pronunciations, and how to get them confused again. 

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. 

Here's an expression we use to talk about reducing the intensity of something. TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcript for this episode ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/the-english-we-speak_2025/ep-250421FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ http ...  Show more

Some English words have what we can call "disappearing or dropped syllables" – reductions or eliminations of sounds in the middle of the w ...

Informal contractions for fluency! Full episode transcripts at www.pronuncian.com/podcast.