Saturday, October 03, 2015

Today's words

haplology \hap-LAH-luh-jee\ - contraction of a word by omission of one or more similar sounds or syllables

aphaeresis \ə-ˈfer-ə-səs\ - the loss of one or more sounds or letters at the beginning of a word (as in round for around and coon for raccoon)

Why do I suspect I will not remember either of these words if I ever want to use them? Or that I will get them backwards? At least I should recognize them as familiar words.

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