The perceived vulgarity of the silent d may lead to hypercorrections like *bacalado for bacalao (stockfish) or *Bilbado for Bilbao.
All of the prefixes end in "a": In Hantzsch–Widman nomenclature (but not in some other methods of naming heterocycles), the final "a" is elided when the prefix comes before a vowel.
The "h" in these forms is silent and does not indicate a hiatus; as a result, je elides with haïs forming j'haïs.
From 2000 to 2010 he was Board Chair of the international contemporary-music ensemble, Elision.