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Aug 14, 2001

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dittography

noun: The inadvertent repetition of letters, words, or phrases in in writing.

[From Greek ditto (double) + -graphy (writing).]

"As a calligraphy teacher, I find the word haplography useful. When concentrating on producing good letter forms it is easy to make mistakes such as writing 'rember' instead of 'remember'. Its opposite is dittography: the writing twice of what should have been written once, such as `critics' becoming 'crititics'." Susan Moor; Notes & Queries; The Guardian (London, UK); Apr 23, 1997.

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