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H-dropping

H-dropping or aitch-dropping is the deletion of the voiceless glottal fricative or "H-sound", . The phenomenon is common in many dialects of English, and is also found in certain other languages, either as a purely historical development or as a contemporary difference between dialects. Although common in most regions of England and in some other…

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H-dropping

Nodes131
Edges130
Triples76
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015267
Components1

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H-dropping

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related to H-insertion · 33
H-dropping → American English, Ampshire, An, Another, Artford, Atch, British English, Colney, English, Ereford, Etymology, Examples, French, H-adding, H-addition, H-insertion, Hempress, In, In Hiberno-English, It
related to In other languages · 31
H-dropping → Also, Ancient Greek, Antwerp, Classical Athens, East Flanders, Elfdalian, English, Flemish Brabant, Greek, Groningen, Hellenistic/Roman, Hence, Hoogeveen, Ionic, Kampen, Low Saxon, Meppel, Modern Greek, North Brabant, North Germanic
related to List of homophones resulting from H-dropping · 5
H-dropping → English, See, The, To, Wiktionary
related to Contemporary H-dropping · 4
H-dropping → English, For, Pronunciation, The

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english dialects words also phoneme may languages found lost modern pronounced speakers certain like see accents england many pronunciation example

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taughtinstance ofalthough they are still reflected in the spelling of words0.80text
Southern American Englishinstance ofthe older hit survives as an emphatic form in a few dialects0.80text
and in the Scots languageinstance ofthe older hit survives as an emphatic form in a few dialects0.80text
H-droppingrelated to Contemporary H-droppingThe0.60section
H-droppingrelated to Contemporary H-droppingEnglish0.60section
H-droppingrelated to Contemporary H-droppingFor0.60section
H-droppingrelated to Contemporary H-droppingPronunciation0.60section
H-droppingrelated to H-insertionThe0.60section
H-droppingrelated to H-insertionH-insertion0.60section
H-droppingrelated to H-insertionH-adding0.60section
H-droppingrelated to H-insertionEnglish0.60section
H-droppingrelated to H-insertionIt0.60section

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