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Consonant Cluster Reduction
In casual Southern speech, final consonant clusters are sometimes simplified:
- "hand" → "han"
- "best" → "bes"
- "cold" → "col"
This is common in rapid speech across dialects but more frequent in Southern English.
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The best friend held my hand in the cold wind.
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