Syncope? One website, when I checked my faint memory from my history
of English course decades ago, says it's a sort of metaplasm but I
have no idea what a metaplasm is--the meta makes it sound scary, or
possibly like a very huge modern TV screen.
On Sep 10, 2008, at 9:53 AM, Roger Kuin wrote:
> Can anyone remind me what the technical term is for accidentally
> omitting a medial syllable when writing? E.g. writing 'cami' for
> 'calami'?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Roger Kuin
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