Category:English terms with dissimilation of historic /ɹ/
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Begininning in the Middle English period, a tendency developed for /ɹ/ to be lost in words when another /ɹ/ occured. While forms reflecting this tendency have been adopted for some words in the standard language, others survive only dialectally or informally (e.g. catridge).
Pages in category "English terms with dissimilation of historic /ɹ/"
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