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juldeahaplology \hap-LAH-luh-jee\ (noun)
: contraction of a word by omission of one or more similar
sounds or syllables
Example sentence:
If you have ever pronounced "probably" as if it were
spelled "probly," you have demonstrated haplology in your own
speech.
Did You Know?
Try to say "pierced-ear earrings" three times fast. That
exercise will demonstrate why haplology happens; sometimes,
it's just easier to drop a syllable and leave yourself with
something that's easier to say (such as "pierced earrings").
American philologist Maurice Bloomfield recognized the tendency
to drop one of a pair of similar syllables about 100 years ago.
He is credited with joining the combining from "hapl-" or
"haplo-" (meaning "single") with "-logy" (meaning "word" or
"speech") to create "haplology" as a name for the phenomenon.
Haplology is quite common in English, and often the contracted
forms it generates spread into the written language. In fact,
haplology played a role in naming the nation that is the cradle
of English: "England" was condensed via haplology from "Engla
land."
: contraction of a word by omission of one or more similar
sounds or syllables
Example sentence:
If you have ever pronounced "probably" as if it were
spelled "probly," you have demonstrated haplology in your own
speech.
Did You Know?
Try to say "pierced-ear earrings" three times fast. That
exercise will demonstrate why haplology happens; sometimes,
it's just easier to drop a syllable and leave yourself with
something that's easier to say (such as "pierced earrings").
American philologist Maurice Bloomfield recognized the tendency
to drop one of a pair of similar syllables about 100 years ago.
He is credited with joining the combining from "hapl-" or
"haplo-" (meaning "single") with "-logy" (meaning "word" or
"speech") to create "haplology" as a name for the phenomenon.
Haplology is quite common in English, and often the contracted
forms it generates spread into the written language. In fact,
haplology played a role in naming the nation that is the cradle
of English: "England" was condensed via haplology from "Engla
land."