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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: dropping letters as one writes Jean Florian #178953 08/31/2008 4:32 AM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The omission of a letter in pronunciation is called elision. The omission of one of a double letter (or word) by a scribe is called haplography (its opposite is dittography). I think haplography might also do service for the simple omission of any letter, but not sure without looking it up which I can't be bothered doing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted dropping letters as one writes Jean Florian 08/30/2008 12:36 PM Re: dropping letters as one writes The Pook 08/31/2008 4:32 AM Re: dropping letters as one writes tsuwm 08/31/2008 5:12 AM Re: dropping letters as one writes Faldage 08/31/2008 12:30 PM Re: dropping letters as one writes The Pook 09/01/2008 1:59 AM Re: dropping letters as one writes olly 09/01/2008 3:39 AM Re: dropping letters as one writes The Pook 09/01/2008 10:59 AM Re: dropping letters as one writes Faldage 09/01/2008 12:09 PM Re: dropping letters as one writes The Pook 09/02/2008 2:19 AM Re: dropping letters as one writes latishya 09/02/2008 3:33 AM Re: dropping letters as one writes of troy 09/02/2008 1:15 PM Re: dropping letters as one writes The Pook 09/02/2008 11:47 PM Re: dropping letters as one writes twosleepy 09/03/2008 2:14 AM Re: dropping letters as one writes of troy 09/03/2008 1:28 PM Re: dropping letters as one writes The Pook 09/04/2008 1:37 AM Re: dropping letters as one writes Faldage 09/04/2008 1:49 AM Re: dropping letters as one writes The Pook 09/05/2008 12:42 AM Re: dropping letters as one writes Faldage 09/05/2008 11:26 PM Re: dropping letters as one writes The Pook 09/06/2008 1:02 AM Re: dropping letters as one writes Myridon 09/05/2008 2:33 PM Re: dropping letters as one writes The Pook 09/06/2008 1:10 AM Re: dropping letters as one writes Buffalo Shrdlu 09/07/2008 8:13 PM Re: dropping letters as one writes Myridon 09/03/2008 5:30 PM Re: dropping letters as one writes The Pook 09/02/2008 11:46 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 Topics13,916 Posts230,378 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 36 A C Bowden 17 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,204 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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