Talk:Haplology

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[edit] Add examples - e.g. February?

More examples would be helpful. E.g. would February, pronounced as Febry, qualify as haplological? --Singkong2005 ^talk 03:33, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

I agree – more examples would be beneficial to the article. I will add some today. As for "February", the omission of the first "r" from it is a different phenomenon from haplology. I forget the exact name of it, but it was discussed on a radio program I tuned into last week. --GentlemanGhost (talk) 19:12, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Removed Dutch example

The Dutch example (kunststof -> kunstof) was not haplology, as only part of a syllable (or two) is removed (kunst-stof -> kun-stof / kuns-tof). Jalwikip 14:10, 9 October 2007 (UTC)