dropping letters as one writes

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Re: dropping letters as one writes Faldage #178967 09/02/2008 2:19 AM
Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand
The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania	Originally Posted By: Faldage Originally Posted By: The Pook ...as in pool? Or as in poo(l). Originally Posted By: Jean Florian dropping the 'r' from "celebrate" to now have the word (mispelled) "celebate". For a legitimate example of a dropped R we have the missing R in 'speak'. This was likely a pronunciation driven phenomenon rather than a scribal error. We see the same thing happening today with 'Febuary', 'liberry', and 'infastructure'. It remains in 'spruick'. Actually to correct what I said earlier, I think from memory that elision only refers to vowels disappearing. I can't remember the word for consonants going.

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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

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