Elision

Elision

          It is normal to omit / delete unstressed sound segment / phoneme in connected / rapid speech.  We omit the phoneme within the words or across  word boundary.  For examples:

          interesting              /'IntərəstIŋ/                     /'IntrəstIŋ/

          handsome              /hӕndsəm/                      /'hӕnsəm/

          butter and bread     /'bΛtə(r) ənd breId /        /'bΛtənbreId/

          hope of life            /həUp əv laIf/                             /'həUpəlaIf/

          debt                      /debt/                              /det/

          doubt                     /daUbt/                            /daUt/

          debut                     /debju:t/                         /'debju:/

          bouquet                 /bUkeIt/                           /bU'keI/

          a bunch of grapes    /ə bΛnʧ əv greIps/          /ə'bΛnʧə'greIps/