[Magdalen] Calvary is the New Cavalry.

ME Michaud michaudme at gmail.com
Sat Mar 14 14:35:59 UTC 2015


It's called epenthesis, the addition of a vowel or consonant to make
pronunciation easier. Epenthesis is so common (and so old) that
there's a word in sanskrit for it (which I can't remember).

Epenthesis is also used to make a statement scan in time:
And-a-one and-a-two.
-M



On Saturday, March 14, 2015, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't know why "nuclear" is so hard for some: Say "new," say "clear,"
> say "new-clear." :)
>
>


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