[Ads-l] "Boxed" adj > "box"

[Mark Mandel]

We've all been seeing "box set" (of a trilogy, set of CDs, etc.) for a long
time. I've never liked it, but /bɔkssɛt/ is an unsurprising elision from
/bɔkstsɛt/.

But this morning I see in the current (April(!)) issue of *Consumer Reports
On Health* , p.7, top of the 3rd column
"One drawback of canned and box soups: sodium."

It's the same cluster reduction, /bɔ*kst*sup/ > /bɔ*kss*up/. It's just the
first I recall seeing other than "... set".

MAM

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