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What is metophone?

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Anonymous

 ∙ 12y ago
Updated: 5/2/2024

A metophone is a linguistic phenomenon where a word shifts to a different word with a similar pronunciation over time. This can happen due to spelling conventions, pronunciation changes, or other factors that influence language evolution.

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