Loss of Plosion.

In a cluster of two plosive consonants or a plosive + an affricate (either within a word or at word boundaries) the first consonant loses its plosion, i.e. there is no audible release of the first plosive.

When two plosives have the same place of articulation there is a complete loss of plosion of the first sound. The obstruction is removed and a plosion is heard only after the second consonant.

 e.g.: Deep purple, at ten, midday, lick candies.

When the contacting plosives have different places of articulation the release of the first consonant is very weak, and there is a perceptible plosion only after the second consonant.

 e.g.: Accept, bad boy, what kind, big deal.

In fact, the phenomenon of the loss of plosion manifests itself in a micropause instead of the release of the first element of these clusters.

! While training these clusters at the initial stage make the second element sound more prominent and prolong a bit the pause replacing the release of the first consonant.