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    I don't think gape is an example of this, as it's part of a pattern of a silent e after a consonant elongating the vowel before it (which, due to the great vowel shift, is no longer a long /a/ but a diphthong /ei/). Commented Jul 29, 2021 at 15:51
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    @Hearth: Hmm, half a sentence got lost there. Please see my edit. Anyway, the e has a backwards effect on pronunciation, whether it appears itself or not. I will leave it to the asker whether it is what they are looking for. Commented Jul 29, 2021 at 16:15
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    That e is silent. pl, tl, etc. are in fact final syllables with no vowels. If you're inserting a schwa between the letters you're pronouncing it wrong. Commented Jul 30, 2021 at 16:43
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    @wjandrea: Indeed they are syllabic consonants. I am aware of that concept but hadn't known the name before. If you find me a dialect that pronounces that e but doesn't have a keep-vowel artifact (that is, where a vowel keeps on being pronounced between words all the time) I'll gladly retract my "wrong" but I haven't heard one yet. Commented Jul 30, 2021 at 21:07
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    @Joshua I pronounce syllabic /l̩/ vocalically ([ˈʔæpʰu], [ˈsɐtˢu] etc.), but other syllabic consonants have a clear schwa: button [ˈbɐɾən], prism [ˈpʰɻʷʏzəm]. Commented Jul 31, 2021 at 2:25