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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: One small step for a man... #116618 12/14/03 08:31 PM Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country G grapho addict grapho addict G Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 619 Carpal Tunnel Country Is there a linguistic term for this phenomenon? It just popped up in unrelated reading. The term is "elision". [I have a vague recollection of it now from grammar school days. Never thought I would have a use for it.] American Heritage Dictionary: elision Omission of an unstressed vowel or syllable, as in scanning a verse. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted One small step for a man... WhitmanO'Neill 11/26/03 03:39 AM Re: One small step for (a) man... Faldage 11/26/03 11:38 AM Re: One small step for a man... dellfarmer 11/26/03 12:13 PM Re: One small step for a man... wsieber 11/26/03 01:45 PM Re: One small step for a man... AnnaStrophic 11/26/03 01:56 PM Re: One small step for a man... Jackie 11/26/03 01:57 PM Semantics, my dear AnnaStrophic 11/26/03 02:02 PM Re: Semantics, my dear shanks 11/26/03 05:05 PM Re: Second language AnnaStrophic 11/26/03 06:47 PM Re: Second language Faldage 11/26/03 06:55 PM Re: Second language shanks 11/27/03 04:02 PM Re: Second language Bingley 12/05/03 07:37 AM Re: One small step for snopes Faldage 11/26/03 02:29 PM Re: One small step for snopes Jackie 11/27/03 01:15 AM Re: One small step WhitmanO'Neill 11/27/03 03:47 AM Re: One small step Jenet 11/27/03 09:04 AM Re: One small step for a man... gift horse 11/27/03 05:30 PM Re: One small step for a man... Jenet 11/27/03 10:52 PM Re: One small step for a man... Buffalo Shrdlu 11/28/03 01:51 AM Re: One small step for a man... grapho 12/06/03 10:27 PM Re: One small step for a man... Capfka 12/07/03 06:17 AM Re: One small step for a man... consuelo 12/08/03 02:39 AM Re: One small step for a man... grapho 12/14/03 08:31 PM Re: One small step for a man... WhitmanO'Neill 12/18/03 02:00 AM Re: One small step for a man... sjmaxq 12/18/03 03:14 AM Re: One small step for a man... Buffalo Shrdlu 12/18/03 10:28 AM Re: One small step for a man... sjmaxq 12/18/03 10:31 AM Re: One small stumble for a man... Buffalo Shrdlu 12/18/03 10:37 AM Re: One small stumble for a man... Jackie 12/18/03 02:20 PM We're all poets at heart grapho 12/20/03 03:15 PM Re: Where's that washerwoman? Buffalo Shrdlu 12/20/03 04:06 PM Re: Where's that "a" grapho 12/20/03 05:34 PM They do exist! musick 12/20/03 05:56 PM Re: They do exist! grapho 12/20/03 06:10 PM Re: They do exist! musick 12/20/03 07:31 PM Re: They do exist! grapho 12/21/03 02:20 PM Re: One small step for a man... WhitmanO'Neill 12/18/03 09:29 PM Re: One small step for a man... WhitmanO'Neill 12/18/03 09:34 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,361 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 755 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 21 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,557 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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