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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: dropping letters as one writes Jean Florian #178960 09/01/08 12:09 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803  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'. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted dropping letters as one writes Jean Florian 08/30/08 12:36 PM Re: dropping letters as one writes The Pook 08/31/08 04:32 AM Re: dropping letters as one writes tsuwm 08/31/08 05:12 AM Re: dropping letters as one writes Faldage 08/31/08 12:30 PM Re: dropping letters as one writes The Pook 09/01/08 01:59 AM Re: dropping letters as one writes olly 09/01/08 03:39 AM Re: dropping letters as one writes The Pook 09/01/08 10:59 AM Re: dropping letters as one writes Faldage 09/01/08 12:09 PM Re: dropping letters as one writes The Pook 09/02/08 02:19 AM Re: dropping letters as one writes latishya 09/02/08 03:33 AM Re: dropping letters as one writes of troy 09/02/08 01:15 PM Re: dropping letters as one writes The Pook 09/02/08 11:47 PM Re: dropping letters as one writes twosleepy 09/03/08 02:14 AM Re: dropping letters as one writes of troy 09/03/08 01:28 PM Re: dropping letters as one writes The Pook 09/04/08 01:37 AM Re: dropping letters as one writes Faldage 09/04/08 01:49 AM Re: dropping letters as one writes The Pook 09/05/08 12:42 AM Re: dropping letters as one writes Faldage 09/05/08 11:26 PM Re: dropping letters as one writes The Pook 09/06/08 01:02 AM Re: dropping letters as one writes Myridon 09/05/08 02:33 PM Re: dropping letters as one writes The Pook 09/06/08 01:10 AM Re: dropping letters as one writes Buffalo Shrdlu 09/07/08 08:13 PM Re: dropping letters as one writes Myridon 09/03/08 05:30 PM Re: dropping letters as one writes The Pook 09/02/08 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,335 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 (), 487 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 17 ddrinnan 1 LukeJavan8 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,543 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,917 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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