text_combined: summary vowel deletion two like consonants quite time ago wrote requesting information concerning instances proper names pronunciation reflects deletion vowel occuring two like consonants spelling name cited names farrer fer worcester wust r leicester lest r hoped find whole slew names exhibiting phenomenon unfortunately got responses dealt proper nouns however get interesting responses discussing occurs hungarian arabic english outside realm proper nouns thanks responded sorry nt post sooner hoped get something proper nouns replying sincerely david harris david harris david lasinc com language analysis systems voice 703 8346200 ext 242 2214 rock hill road suite 201 fax 703 8346230 herndon va 22070 original query thinking names like worcester leicester gloucester though perhaps viewed fellow americans strange relics british eccentricity really follow simple straightforward phonological process two like consonantal continuants separated weak vowel case schwa merged one deletion weak vowel phenomenon occurs name school provo utah attended adolescent farrer junior high school pronounced fair ferr accent makes difference er eir mine nt anyway using regular expression searched 1990 us census list 80 000 surnames available web order find names like consonants separated one vowel came across various language groups may may examples hard know cant names pronounced well see written question would interested knowing languages phenomenon occurs sounds judging names encountered search suspect may occur japanese u deletion causes two like consonants connected together also languages wordinternal gemination phonemic curious whether simplification occurs english gemination retains full phonological value please include many examples comments post complete summary list observations phenomenon also welcome beginning responses 1 subject worcester hungarian example _ ko2zta1rsasa1g _ ko starsasa g fast casual ko stassa g republic another lexicalized one _ azt hiszem _ ast hisem asisem assem acc believe think examples noncoronals think _ statistics symbols ipa slashed round front mid vowel eng sh round back low vowel e ipa epsilon best peter szigetvari szigetva osiris elte hu 2 russell ukraine corp mot com dale russell dharris lasinc com phonological process worcester gloucester leicester also languages wordinternal gemination phonemic curious whether simplification occurs english gemination retains full phonological value simplification always occur english meanness rhyme exactly venus heard example used argue english make least limited use concept mora claiming n meanness get pronounced dale russell russell ukraine corp mot com 3 subject deleted vowel response linguist posting note eng speakers often delete schwa go becomes go becomes dan loehr wherever go georgetown university loehrd gusun acc georgetown edu buckaroo bonzai http www geocities com athens 4944 4 robert port port cs indiana edu deleted vs eng dharris lasinc com first syllable farrer content length 503 vowel elision x confirm reading cpeust gwdg de x pmrqc 1 priority normal look arabic 3rd person singular perfect tense verbs commonly formed cacaca c root consonants e g kataba wrote first person verb katabtu wrote verbs two identical consonants behave irregularly 1st person sg verb pass marartu passed 3rd person marra passed instead expected marara true many semitic languages hebrew etc carsten peust seminar egyptology coptology goettingen cpeust gwdu20 gwdg de cpeust gwdg de