Exercise_Phonology Initial Medial Final /k/-/g/ came/game clocks/clogs wink/wing /m/-/n/ moon/noon simmer/sinner sum/sun /l/ - /r/ light/right play/pray deal/dear /b/ - /v/ berry/very curbed/curved bib/spiv /b/ - /m/ ban/man bubble/bumble jab/jam /p/ - /f/ face/pace rapture/rafter beep/beef /s/ - /sh/ sea/she gases/gashes mass/mash /ch/ - /g/ choke/joke etch/edge ranch/rang /s/ - /z/ sip/zip race/razor bus/buzz It becomes palatized like that because the following sound is a palatal approximant. The space is not considered when pronouncing a sound causing the sounds to be merged into the palatized versions.