Cockney Rhyming Slang - 2 reviews [Stumbles via StumbleUpon]

The movie "Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" got me into cockney rhyming slang. It's a way to speak in a sort of code. Although it's mainly geared towards the Brits, it could be adapted for the US.

What Is Not - A Guest Post About Thinking & Language - 1 reviews [Stumbles via StumbleUpon]

Now this is something interesting to think about. Or is it something that you have never thought about?

Haplology - [Stumbles via StumbleUpon]

I love the Merriam-Webster word of the day. Today's word is a phenomenon that I have always been familiar with but didn't know there was a single word to describe it. This word is "haplology". Haplology by definition is the contraction of a word by omission of one or more similar sounds or syllables. Let's take the word "probably" as an example of how haplology works. Where I am from in the middle of Indiana, probably is usually pronounced "probly" and sometimes even "pry".

Further Reading:
World Wide Words: Haplology
Dr. Goodword's Language Blog
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