What's the name for the process by which a phrase gets changed by having a consonant replaced, making it easier to say? For example "home in on" is now widely said "hone in on", no doubt because having all n's makes it easier to say than with a lone 'm' stuck in the middle. What is the process called?

Last edited by sjmaxq; 01/22/2007 6:31 PM.
noho ora mai
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