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unusual facts about hypercorrection



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Elision

The perceived vulgarity of the silent d may lead to hypercorrections like *bacalado for bacalao (stockfish) or *Bilbado for Bilbao.

Let He Who Is Without Sin...

The title comes from the teaching of the Adulterous Woman in the Gospel of John, and is a hypercorrection of "let him who is without sin" (John 8:7, RSV).

YeĆ­smo

A similar effect took place in the local name of the island of Majorca: Mallorca is a continental Catalan hypercorrection of the earlier Maiorca.


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