still another change involves the process of deleting a sound,vowel or consonant, or a whole syllable. the loss of vowel sounds is apparently more frequent than consonant sounds. loss may occur initially, medially, pr finally in a word. initial loss, apheis, leads to pronouncuations such as 'fraid' (afriad), 'bove' (above) ; medial loss syncope leads to pronouncuations such as secret'ry (secretary), and final loss, apocope, leads pronounciations such as 'boun' (bound)