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Re: dropping letters as one writes of troy #179013 09/04/2008 1:37 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: of troy Re: Singin Oh yes, lots of words morph like that waistcoat (Long A/long O-> morphs to weskit (schwa/short i!) (in US there are 2 words-waistcoat (said as spelled), and weskit, a synonym!) grindstone (pronounces as spelled in much of the US, but in UK grinstin.. (short i/short i) Not to mention forecastle (focsle); boatswain (bosun); rowlock (rollock); forward (forr'd) and other nautical contractions. Americans often pronounce forehead as fore head, but most of the rest of the English speaking world probably says "forrid."

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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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