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Jimmy Hung
2021-04-20 01:04
A norange old-fashioned noun
Likewise, 'a nuncle' and 'a nadder' could easily be baffled in everyday speech with 'an uncle' and 'an adder' - The formers aren't used now.
This is a mix-up between a norange and an orange because we once rely on speech rather than see the word in print.
I've never seen the word " a norange" before, it must have been an old-fashioned word.
If you say "a norange", you will see that it bears resemblance to the pronunciation of the word "an orange".
The indefinite article in English may be either 'a' or 'an,' depending on whether it is preceded by a consonant or a vowel. When the consonant is a 'n,' we might get confused between 'a norange' and 'an orange.' The displacement of a letter from one word to another piqued Jespersen's interest, and this Danish Grammarian coined the term "metanalysis."in 1914. In everyday speech, medieval terms like 'a napperon', 'a nuncle', and 'a nadder' could easily make us get confused with 'an apron', 'an uncle' and 'an adder'. The older forms are no longer in use.
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