performance/preformance

[Bob Haas]

It seems more a form of elision to me.

> From: James Smith <jsmithjamessmith at YAHOO.COM>
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> Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 07:37:39 -0800
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: performance/preformance
>
> --- Bob Fitzke <fitzke at VOYAGER.NET> wrote:
>> Let me toss in a three more that grate on this
>> layman's ears:
>>
> .....
>
>> tempature for temperature
>>
> I'd spell that temp'ature and call it a simple, and
> common, contraction.
>
> JIM
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