- ELIDED
- Left out, as a syllable
- Said "bos'n" or "cap'n"
- Said "fo'c'sle," say
- Said nothin'
- Stricken out
- Skipped over
- Left unsaid
- Turned nothing into nothin'
- Slurred over, as a syllable
- Omitted in pronunciation
- Skipped over in pronunciation
- Said "ne'er," e.g.
- Spoke without a sound?
- Omitted from a speech?
- Slurred in pronunciation
- Dropped sounds
- Passed over, as a syllable
- Struck out.
- Omitted in pronouncing.
- Slurred.
- Ignored.
- Omitted from consideration.
- Passed over in pronunciation.
- Slurred over.
- Left out.
- Omitted
- Passed over
- Suppressed
- Omitted syllables
- Slurred over a syllable
- Skipped
- Omitted in speaking
- Said "bos'n" for "boatswain," e.g.
- Like the "f" replaced by an apostrophe in "man-o'-war"
- Omitted, as a syllable
- Like the "f" in will-o'-the-wisp
- Turned something into somethin'
- Skipped over in speech
- Left out, in pronunciation
- Ignored some syllables
- Said "bos'n" or "cap'n," say
- Neglected to say, maybe
- Said "Nothin' doin'!" for example
