What is (e.g.) "danged --> hanged" called?

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Sun Sep 25 16:02:28 UTC 2005


If it were the case that the expression "I'll be hanged if I know
why" arose from "I'll be danged if I know why" (or vice versa, I
suppose), what would that process be called by grammarians?

Joel



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