Pumpkins: A lingustic comment

First of all the name of the Pumpkin is quite curious don't you think? It sounds ever so sweet :) Not only does it combine two words it rhymes with munchkin! :) The combination of the voiced bilabial plosives of /p/ and unvoiced plosive of /k/ create a distinct velar sound and pronuciation. (Velars are consonants articulated with the back part of the tongue (the dorsum) against the soft palate, the back part of the roof of the mouth, known also as the velum). It almost tingles your lips as you speak. When we say the word Pumpkin, we may be tempted to leave the second "p" out pronoucing it "pumkin" This is called an epenthetic sound which historically has no phonemic quality, but is pronounced anyway due to easy fludity when speaking. When referring to pumpkins people may even pronounce it "Punkin" How odd. But really people don't have time to pronounce all those breathtaking plosives, which stop the air flow completly from one's lungs. How tiring!By removing the bilabial plosive of /p/ to the veral nasal of /n/ it creates an easier spoken word but not as aesthetic don't you think? At university in a lingustic class I realised how hard it is actually to speak sometimes when we had to do an hour seminar on voicing out certain words, many with bilabial plosives! I was most exhausted afterwards and had to have a sit down and cup of tea to catch my breath from all that speaking.
So next time you say Pumpkin, please take your time and appreciate the quality of this fantastic word and dont miss out the second /p/!