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>otosis - found only in a couple word sites that give only two word definitions = mishearing
it wouldn't be right to gloss this one over, what with all of the posts in these fora relating to modegreens and malapropisms and etc; so here's a gloss:
otosis - Mishearing; alteration of words caused by an erroneous apprehension of the sound.
1860 Haldeman Analyt. Orthogr. xii. 65 Otosis is a change in words, due to misconception of the true sound, influencing consonants of the same quality. 1884 J. A. Harrison Negro-Eng.Introd. in Anglia, Negro English is an ear-language altogether,..built up on what the late Professor Haldeman of Pennsylvania called otosis, an error of ear, a mishearing.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted p.120 wwh 06/02/03 05:15 PM Re: oud Faldage 06/02/03 05:30 PM Re: oud wwh 06/02/03 06:23 PM Re: oud Faldage 06/02/03 06:35 PM Re: otosis tsuwm 06/02/03 09:02 PM Re: otosis wwh 06/02/03 11:57 PM Re: ousia Coffeebean 06/03/03 12:20 PM Re: ousia wwh 06/03/03 01:21 PM
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