Why is chocolate pronounced as CHOK-LATE and not CHO-KO-LATE? [closed]

So there are many words in which one syllable gets reduced.

For example, chocolate could be pronounced as CHO-KO-LATE but instead it's pronounced as CHOK-LATE, it's now 2 syllable word.

Another example is nursery which could be pronounced as NUR-SE-RY but instead it's pronounced as NURS-RY.

A very common example is the word every which could be pronounced as E-VE-RY but it's not pronounced that way, instead it's pronounced as EV-RY.

What determines these changes?

Solution 1:

The pronunciation of words and how many syllables has is not a constant. It varies greatly with region, dialect, accent, time period, eduction, etc. Every example you have given is said in a variety of ways depending on whom you are listening. In some cases, it could depend on the speed with which the person is speaking. To the fast-talker, a three syllable word is spoken with three syllables. But, the listener may only hear two syllables if they are accustomed to listening to slow-talkers. To compound the confusion, a slow-talker could shorten a three syllable word when speaking to two syllables out of sheer habit of speech or out of the convenience of making the word quicker. A little bit of an extreme example is when words not officially ascribes as contractions become one, (“you all” becomes y’all).