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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: haplology Faldage #168074 05/04/07 08:03 PM Joined: May 2007 Posts: 1 D DDD stranger DDD stranger D Joined: May 2007 Posts: 1 A widespread instance of haplology, certainly in the UK, occurs in the oft-heard short forms 'deteri(or)ate', 'deteri(or)ating' etc. Is this an instance of language evolving, or of it deteriorating? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted haplology malandro 05/03/07 07:46 AM Re: haplology Faldage 05/03/07 12:10 PM Re: haplology Buffalo Shrdlu 05/03/07 12:17 PM Re: haplology Faldage 05/03/07 04:15 PM Re: haplology AnnaStrophic 05/03/07 06:32 PM Re: haplology Faldage 05/03/07 06:51 PM Re: haplology tsuwm 05/03/07 07:15 PM Re: haplology Faldage 05/03/07 09:35 PM Re: haplology zmjezhd 05/04/07 03:27 AM Re: haplology Faldage 05/04/07 10:42 AM Re: haplology DDD 05/04/07 08:03 PM Re: haplology zmjezhd 05/04/07 08:37 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,409 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 (), 963 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 39 A C Bowden 30 LukeJavan8 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,582 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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