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Aphesis

Postby Slava » Sun May 30, 2010 9:48 pm

Aphesis is the omission of the initial sound or syllable of a word.
It's been mentioned in several posts on other words. Perhaps it is time it got the full treatment on its own?
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Postby Perry » Mon May 31, 2010 2:07 pm

Hmm. So you want to include an omission. Interesting...
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Postby tcward » Tue Jun 01, 2010 1:26 pm

aphetic
1880, from aphesis, coined by OED editor Sir James A.H. Murray (1837-1915) for "gradual and unintentional loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word" (as squire from esquire), from Gk. aphienai "to let go, to send forth," from apo- "from" + hienai "to send."
It is a shame that Ogden Nash didn't write a poem containing pathetic, aphetic, and prophetic... It would have been a hoot probably...
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Postby Slava » Tue Jun 01, 2010 7:40 pm

You're not feeling up to stepping into his shoes?
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