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Re:Could We Just Lose the Adverb (Already)? by danieltillett on Monday May 23, 2016 @06:28PM (#11757545)
Or in Australian English where a couple of weeks ago becomes a cupala weeks ago.
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Re:Could We Just Lose the Adverb (Already)? by jdmichal on Monday May 23, 2016 @06:37PM (#11757587)
That's just eliding the 'f' sound to make it flow better. It's basically "a couple o' weeks ago".

/eɪ kʌ.pl̩ ʌ wiks ʌ.go/

And yes, "ou", "o" and "a" all render to /ʌ/ in my dialect. Yay English!

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