https://www.toksick.com Videos, Funny Pictures, Sports, Hot Babes, Beer, Celebrities Sun, 21 Aug 2011 07:18:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.8 https://www.toksick.com/2011/08/20/is-didja-okay-to-say/ Sun, 21 Aug 2011 04:30:33 +0000 https://www.toksick.com/?p=8925 Relaxed pronunciation, also called word slurring or condensed pronunciation, happens when those syllables are phonetically melded together to create a shortened form of a word or phrase. Yes, this is similar to a contraction. The difference is, contractions such as “could’ve” and “should’ve” are considered part of informal written and spoken language; relaxed pronunciation such as “coulda” and “shoulda,” while part of informal speech, has no standard written form. Now ya know

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