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Spelling Formal Informal
next to Liverpool 'nekst tə 'livəpu:l 'nekst 'tlivəpu:l
back to London 'bæk tə 'l٨ndən 'bæk 'tl٨nd(ə)n
to see them tə 'si: ðəm 'tsi: ðəm
future situation 'fju:t∫ə ,sitju'ei∫n 'fju:t∫ə 'sitjuei∫n
this afternoon ðis 'a:ftə'nu:n ðis 'a:ftnu:n
after all 'a:ftər 'ɔ:l 'a:ft'rɔ:l
In the majority of spoken utterances beginning with it’s the
initial [I] is elided when the phrase runs on without a marked
pause after the previous saying.
Spelling Formal Informal
it's paid well its 'peid wel ts 'peid wel
it's necessary its 'nesəsəri ts 'nesəsəri
it's counted as its 'kauntid əz ts' kauntid əz
Likewise in polysyllabic words beginning with the unstressed
ex- it is often simplified to [ks].
Spelling Formal Informal
extremely iks'tri:mli 'kstri:mli
extraordinary iks'trɔ:dnri 'kstrɔ:dnri
excluded iks'klu:did 'ksklu:did
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