One of the first things that I learned as a singer was to put a definite space, however brief, between words � a point that a short-lived TV commercial recently brought alive again with the voice-over repeatedly stressing "fifty percen toff!" (With an extra-strong t, to boot!)
It's easy to see how "ice axe" could come across to a hearer as "eye sacks."
"Good enough" isn't.
Always take your responsibilities seriously but never yourself.