The modern English language, as we know it today, has undergone a lot of changes over the centuries. But the language also has a funny side to it, which is not so well-known to us. Apheresis means the elimination or removal of one or more letters or sounds from the beginning of a word. Given below are 15 examples of such words." Original Word → ApheresisEspy → SpyAeroplane → PlaneWithdrawing Room → Drawing RoomAlligator → GatorCrocodile - CrocHamburger → BurgerAndrew → DrewEarthquake → QuakeDefence → FenceTelephone → PhoneAmend → MendEsquire → SquirePeriwig → WigExample → SampleDisport → SportOmnibus → BusInfluenza - FluHelicopter - Copter
The modern English language, as we know it today, has undergone a lot of changes over the centuries. But the language also has a funny side to it, which is not so well-known to us. Apheresis means the elimination or removal of one or more letters or sounds from the beginning of a word. Given below are 15 examples of such words." Original Word → ApheresisEspy → SpyAeroplane → PlaneWithdrawing Room → Drawing RoomAlligator → GatorCrocodile - CrocHamburger → BurgerAndrew → DrewEarthquake → QuakeDefence → FenceTelephone → PhoneAmend → MendEsquire → SquirePeriwig → WigExample → SampleDisport → SportOmnibus → BusInfluenza - FluHelicopter - Copter
