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Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):
yvanspijk@toot.community ("Yoïn van Spijk") wrote:
Saying 'probly' instead of 'probably' is sometimes frowned upon, but the word 'probably' itself was shortened from 'probablely' (two L's!) by the same process.
This process is called haplology. One of two consecutive similar syllables is deleted:
-le-ly
-ba-blyMore examples:
