| Say "Li'l Abner," say | 35 |
| Skip a sound | 12 |
| Say "somethin'" | 29 |
| Leave out, in speech | 20 |
| Leave out in pronunciation | 26 |
| Slide over | 10 |
| Skip over, as a vowel | 21 |
| Say "bo's'n," say | 35 |
| Fail to say | 11 |
| Drop, as a vowel sound | 22 |
| Apocopate | 9 |
| Suppress, as a vowel | 20 |
| Slur one's speech | 21 |
| Skip, as a sound | 16 |
| Skip over in pronunciation | 26 |
| Skip a phoneme | 14 |
| Say somethin', say? | 23 |
| Say somethin', e.g. | 23 |
| Say nothin' | 15 |
| Say "goin'," for example | 38 |
| Say "c'est," say | 30 |
| Say ''somethin''' | 37 |
| Pass over in pronunciation | 26 |
| Pass over in pronouncing | 24 |
| Omit; ignore | 12 |
| Omit a syllable | 15 |
| Leave out a vowel | 17 |
| Ignore, in a way | 16 |
| Have "nothin'" to say, e.g. | 41 |
| Change "captain" to "cap'n," e.g. | 57 |
| A drawler might do it | 21 |
| What the untruthful cockney did? | 32 |
| Use a short form of | 19 |
| Use a short form | 16 |
| Suppress, in a way | 18 |
| Suppress or ignore | 18 |
| Suppress in speech | 18 |
| Suppress a vowel or syllable | 28 |
| Suppress a syllable | 19 |
| Slur over, as a vowel | 21 |
| Slur over, as a syllable | 24 |
| Slur over vowels | 16 |
| Slur over a vowel | 17 |
| Slur in speech | 15 |
| Slip over in speech | 19 |
| Slip over | 9 |
| Skip, like the H's in "'enry 'iggins" | 59 |
| Skip, as a syllable | 19 |
| Skip over, in speech | 20 |
| Skip over, as a syllable | 24 |
| Skip over syllables | 19 |
| Skip over in speech | 19 |
| Skip over in pronouncing | 24 |
| Skip a vowel | 12 |
| Skip a syllable, e.g. | 21 |
| Shorten, in speaking | 20 |
| Say somethin'? | 18 |
| Say somethin', say | 22 |
| Say somethin' | 17 |
| Say nothin', say? | 21 |
| Say "Worcestershire" | 30 |
| Say "somethin'," say | 34 |
| Say "nothin"' | 27 |
| Say "nothin'," say | 32 |
| Say "li'l," say | 29 |
| Say "labratory," e.g. | 31 |
| Say "I'm goin'," e.g. | 39 |
| Say "fo'c'sle," e.g. | 38 |
| Say "fo'c's'le," for instance | 51 |
| Say "e'er," for instance | 38 |
| Say "e'er," for example | 37 |
| Say "cap'n," say | 30 |
| Say "cap'n," e.g. | 31 |
| Say "'S Wonderful," say | 37 |
| Say "'cause," say | 31 |
| Say 'ere or 'ead | 24 |
| Pass over, as a consonant | 25 |
| Omit, like the "t" in "Swee'Pea" | 56 |
| Omit, as a syllable | 19 |
| Omit vocally | 12 |
| Omit phonetically | 17 |
| Omit orally | 11 |
| Omit in speech | 14 |
| Omit a vowel sound | 18 |
| Omit a vowel | 12 |
| Leave out, as a vowel | 21 |
| Leave out a vowel, e.g. | 23 |
| Fail to pronounce, as a syllable | 32 |
| Fail to pronounce | 17 |
| Eliminate a syllable, perhaps | 29 |
| Drop syllables | 14 |
| Drop out of the conversation? | 29 |
| Drop in speech | 14 |
| Drop a sound | 12 |
| Drop a letter or two | 20 |
| Curtail, in a way | 17 |
| Choose not to say? | 18 |
| Suppressed | 10 |
| Left out | 8 |
| Skipped | 7 |