Eleison, elision, whatever it takes
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Context: "I found a Hebrew "expert" on the internet who said Adon was an acceptable variant of Adonai. I only wanted two syllables, so I went with it."
—Howard Ashby Kranz (nonfiction)
Analysis
Adonai ... Adon ... perhaps confusion between "eleison" and "elision" ...?
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- [ Comment] @ Facebook (31 August 2022)
- eleison @ Wiktionary - (Ecclesiastical Latin) have mercy (upon us)
- elision @ Wiktionary
- (1) The deliberate omission of something.
(linguistics)
- (2) The omission of a letter or syllable between two words; sometimes marked with an apostrophe.