[Ads-l] RES: mannyerism

[Ben Zimmer]

On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 10:52 AM, David Kendal <me at dpk.io> wrote:

> On 23 Aug 2016, at 16:13, David Daniel <dad at coarsecourses.com> wrote:
>
> > I've noticed several times now a mannyerism on the list of not writing
> out
> > the DT words. Whazzup widdat? Did I miss seeing the memo?
>
> http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/S/splat-out.html explains the practice.
>

Also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disemvoweling

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