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[livejournal.com profile] davidkeck wonders, is there a term for the process by which "to-morrow" becomes "tomorrow"?

So, now of course I'm wondering too.

Date: 2009-09-03 04:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kalimac.livejournal.com
Hyphenectomy?

Or, given that the former looks British to me, "crossing the Atlantic"?

Date: 2009-09-03 07:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] del-c.livejournal.com
Agglutination (http://www.google.com/search?q=agglutination+english+words)?

Date: 2009-09-03 10:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] supergee.livejournal.com
dezweibelization

Date: 2009-09-03 03:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] drelmo.livejournal.com
It's part of the ordinary process of English compounding (X Y to X-Y to XY), but I do not know if there is a specific term for the sub-process.

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