What do we call the shift in the orthography of words like "cuppa, fella, attaboy and attagirl"?
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“kinda”, “sorta”, “coulda”, “shoulda”, “lotta”, “oughta”, “betcha”, "tseasy", etc. What are these?
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What are the rules when to use double letters for words that end with a consonant when modified both in British English and in American English?
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Changes in English names of people
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Why are 'student' and 'suspend' not pronounced as written?
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What's the term for using the wrong word because it sounds the same?
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apostrophes : girls' and boys' team
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Is there a proper name for the 3 asterisks that are used to suggest temporal discontinuity?
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Why is "t" sometimes pronounced like "d" in American English?
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What do you call words that are misspelled to add effect?
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Was the pronunciation of “symmetry” different in the past?
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What's the word for words that roll off the tongue?
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strange character replacement on SO
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Is there a name for inverting word order to accomplish a different meaning?
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Pronunciation of the English alphabet
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What is it called when reversing a phrase doesn't mean the same as the original phrase?
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Would "mid-to-late" and "low-to-mid" hyphenated as compound modifiers?
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Variations in the pronunciation of "the"