h-dropping

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h-dropping

  1. (phonology) The omission of an /h/ sound normally present in a word, making the word "home" sound like "'ome", for example.
    • [2013 November 4, Michael Rosen, “Why H is the most contentious letter in the alphabet”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      In England, the most up-to-date research suggests that some 13th-century dialects were h-dropping, but by the time elocution experts came along in the 18th century, they were pointing out what a crime it is.]

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