Do any of you rhetoric buffs know this term? is it listed in the Book? i found it at one of my favorite rhetorical reference sites, and supposedly it describes the alteration from unaccented English of a sound in a word, eg: "strond" for "strand"...

...which segues conveniently into a question that i've been meaning to pose: When the OED offers pronunciations, does it give them in British (dripping in syncope and the aforementioned antistoecon), or in unaccentedenglish? or are both pronunciations offered?

btw, a quick mental tally tells me that each of you dark-side-of-the-ponders (who could potentionally misinterpret parts of this post) knows me well enough to be certain i'm teasing, but if i've misguaged anyone, i'm heartily sorry