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[Laurence Horn]

> On Feb 25, 2017, at 2:31 PM, James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at NETSCAPE.COM> wrote:
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> Heard in the last couple of days:
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> 1.  "Ivanka Trunk" --- is there a name for this type of phonetic mistake?

Regressive assimilation, if the /nk/ from her first name persists into the last.  “Ivampa Trump” would be progressive or anticipatory assimiliation.  Unless, of course, I have it backwards, always a possibility.  Dr. Freud might have a different diagnosis.  

LH
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