Random question, do you think we'll see any rebracketing happen to current words and terms? if so which? (self.linguistics)

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I kinda wonder if North West England might see a Good be with ye ➡️ Good be ye ➡️ Goodbye happen to the phrase 'av a good un' (have a good one)

It's already spoken as if it's one word, as avagud'un effectively

Rebracketing: when a word or term "steals" or has letters "stolen" from it, and then changes form through that. A Norange ➡️ An Orange, An Ewt ➡️ A Newt, Good be ye ➡️ Goodbye

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[-] toast@retrolemmy.com 2 points 2 days ago

Off the top of my head, the closest I can come up with is "alot".

[-] gwl 1 points 2 days ago

I've noticed it seems to hit spoken word before written, like I'd never write "avagud'un" (except to show it phonetically), but I definitely say it like that

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