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Originally Posted by fluffy
The English word 'an' assists this I think.
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It seems Spanish speakers have also distinctly recognized certain odd points to avoid awkwardness in pronunciation.
el neumático del (de el) autobus
ir rápidamente al (a el) hospital
Hablo inglés y español.
Hablo español e inglés.
Dudo que él quiera ir a Orlando o Nueva York.
Dudo que él quiera ir a Nueva York u Orlando.
So I guess these are cases when we do want to avoid those long stretches in order to make our speech more clear. (p.s. are there any similar words that do this?)