A entonação também pode eliminar completamente certas sílabas inteiras. Algumas palavras mais longas que são enfatizadas na primeira sílaba, apertam as sílabas fracas para fora.
actually [æk•chully]
every [εvree]
average [ævr’j]
family [fæmlee]
aspirin [æsprin]
finally [fyn•lee]
broccoli [bräklee]
general [jεnr’l]
business [bizness]
groceries [grossreez]
camera [kæmruh]
interest [intr’st]
chocolate [chäkl’t]
jewelry [joolree]
comfortable [k’mf•t’bl]
mathematics [mæthmædix]
corporal [corpr’l]
memory [mεmree]
desperate [dεspr’t]
orange [ornj]
diamond [däim’nd]
probably [präblee]
diaper [däiper]
restaurant [rεstränt]
different [diffr’nt]
separate [sεpr’t]
emerald [εmr’ld]
several [sεvr’l]
vegetable [vej•t’bl]
liberal [libr’l]
beverage [bev•r’j]
conference [cänfrns]
bakery [bā•kree]
coverage [c’vr’j]
catholic [cæth•l’k]
history [hisstree]
nursery [nrsree]
accidentally [æk•sə•dent•lee]
onion [əny’n]
basically [ba•sə•klee]
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