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On some occasions
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Sometimes, especially in child
’
s language, aphesis occurs,
which means loss of an unstressed initial syllable in highly
informal speech.
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8
102
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1.
’
cause
’
cause he
’
s not here.
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2.
’
bout
’
bout ten o
’
clock.
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3.
’
round
See you
’
round.