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I'm having a little trouble following this, could you explain a bit more? It seems to me like "66" would be pronounced "SIKSIKS", so for that to become "SIKS" w

I'm having a little trouble following this, could you explain a bit more? It seems to me like "66" would be pronounced "SIKSIKS", so for that to become "SIKS" would mean the "KS" (consonants) would be collapsed, no? (Not trying to refute you or anything, just understand :) )

howinteresting 6y ago
Probably turn into something like SIIIIKS.
- dqv 6y ago
  Exactly, but sometimes it's so subtle you can't even tell it's the compression taking over.
gopalv 6y ago
As someone with a weird sibilant that doesn't seem to compress well, I want to say that it goes across as "sɪkɪks" and I got used to saying "double six" on the phone. So I would say "seven nine double six", which is another problem if I'm talking to an American. This applies to GSM digitization and other "regular phone" compression, the newer computer calls have been better at taking the words.