Examples
In English r deletion above, when a syllable is unstressed, it may drop out altogether, as in "deteriate" for deteriorate, "tempature" for temperature, and "apeture" for aperture, a process called haplology. When the /r/ is found as /bru/, it may change to /j/: "Febyuary" for February, "defibyulator" for defibrillator, though this may be due to analogy with words such as January.
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