#Lesson 2

No worries okay, you probably have heard these words before, just in a much different pronunciation or rendition however...

So I would be sharing a very important technique in queens phonetics, called Elision. Those of us who like to ' foné ' come and learn o Elision simply means "reducing syllables of a word" - a very common technique in British phonetics (but not all that common in the everyday American spoken english).

As shown below, the vowels in round brackets are elided (deleted), so don't pronounce them. Here's what I mean:

"Reducing three syllables to two"

Dang(e)rous ---- dain'j ross (not "den jor ross" )
Rig(o)rous ---- rig ross
Vig(o)rous ---- vig ross
Prosp(e)rous ---- prosp ross
Glam(o)rous ----- glam ross
Cantank(e)rous ---- kan tan kross

"Reducing four syllables to three"

Mem(o)rable --- mem ray bool (not "meh mor ray bool" )
Fav(ou)rable ---- fave ray bool
Comf(or)table ---- comf tay bool
Sav(ou)rable ----- save ray bool
Comp(a)rable ---- comp ray bool
Mot(o)rable ---- moht ray bool

"Reducing words ending with (......oring)"

*from three syllables to two

Spons(o)ring ---- sponze rin (not "spon sor rin" )
Cens(o)ring ---- sence rin
Ment(o)ring ---- menť rin
Past(o)ring ---- pasť rin
Tut(o)ring ---- chewť rin
Fact(o)ring ---- facť rin
Sect(o)ring ---- sekť rin


"Reducing words ending with (......ouring)"

Flav(ou)ring ---- flave rin (not "flay vor rin" )
Flav(ou)ry ---- flave ri
Disfav(ou)ring ---- dis fave rin
Sav(ou)ry ---- save ri
Unsav(ou)ry ----- on save ri
Sav(ou)ring ---- save rin
Endeav(ou)ring ---- en dev rin

"Reducing words ending with (........ate)"

Elab(o)rate ---- ee la brayt (not "er la bor rayt" )
Choc(o)late ---- chuck layt
Dec(o)rate ---- dek rayt
Discons(o)late ---- dis conz layt
Elect(o)rate ---- ee lekť rayt
Cons(o)lation ---- conz lay shun
Num(e)rate ---- n'uym rayt
Protect(o)rate ---- pro tekť rayt
Conglom(e)rate ---- con gloam rayt
Confed(e)rate ---- con fej rayt
Desp(e)rate ---- desp rayt
Cons(u)late officer ---- konz layt

"Reducing words ending with (......sonal)"

Pers(o)nal ---- pes nall (not "peh si nal" )
Interpers(o)nal ---- in teh pes nall
Non-pers(o)nal ---- non•pes nall
Personally ---- pes nall li (not "peh si nah li" )
Seas(o)nal ---- cease nol

"Reducing words ending with (.......gory)"

Categ(o)ry ---- cah ti gri (not "cah ti go ri" )
Subcateg(o)ry ---- sub cah ti gri
Alleg(o)ry ---- ahh li gri
Amphig(o)ry ---- am fi gri
Phantasmag(o)ry ---- fan tas may gri

Other examples of elision

Mem(o)ry ---- mem ri
Fam(i)ly ---- fam li
Lit(e)rally ---- li tra li
Norm(a)lly ---- norm li
Prob(a)bly ---- prob li
Perj(u)ry ---- pej ri
Inj(u)ry ---- Inj ri
Febr(ua)ry ---- feb ri
Cam(e)ra ---- cam raa
Strawb(e)rry ---- strawb ri
Prep(a)ratory ---- prep ray tri
Collab(o)ration ---- co lab ray shun
Org(a)nisation ---- org ni za shun

The alternate American/Canadian/Australian pronunciations to these words are equally correct, but for the sake of this discourse, we restrict our focus to Queens pronunciations (British).

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