Originally Posted By: of troy
and is it still elision when whole chunks of words fall out?

i think of chitterlings(spoken: chittlins) or the town in the UK (lots of letters)- (spoken:) chumley.

(i recognize the bunch of letters that has is now called Chumley, but i can't remember at all how its spelled)

That would be Chalmondely. It's a boy's name also. Yes, pronounced Chumley.