| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| (pronounced uh-PAHK-uh-pee) is the process of dropping a final letter, a final syllable, or an even longer final part of a word, leaving an abbreviation such as vet for veteran or mike for microphone. Common examples in American English are singin’, dancin’, and raisin’ cain, and the student names for the academic subjects psych, home ec, math, and chem. See APOSTROPHE (2). | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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