I can help to know what contractions are posssible in the language. Sometimes one can drop a sylable with the contraction.

Edit: Also the vernacular, e.g., "Ain't gonna do that no more".

Last edited by Gordon Scott; 10 minutes ago.

Jazz relative beginner, starting at a much older age than was helpful.
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