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| | Apocopation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | Sometimes "apocopation" is used only to cover apocope, in which the end is cut off, as distinguished from procope, in which the beginning is cut off. |
 | | In many languages, apocopation can be used to form a shorter synonym, a sort of spoken abbreviation, of a word, and in many it is used to form an informal name of something. |
 | | Apocopation is regularly done with the diminutive forms of names: Tom for Thomas, Steve for Stephan, Josh for Joshua, Matt for Matthew, Don for Donald, Tony for Anthony, Alex for Alexander, Andy for Andrew, Meg for Meghan, Liz for Elizabeth. |
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