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dianaharding | 04:53 Mon 08th Aug 2016 | Crosswords
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Being a bit thick this morning - can anyone explain why 16d "some folk carelessly drop this character in the middle of nowhere" is aspirate?
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aspirate is to drop a character - in this case the H in the word nowHere
Aspirate is a name for letter H which is in (now)h(ere) and is often dropped in pronounciation.
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Thank you. Have to say, I'd not heard that definition of the word before. Should have checked the dictionary more carefully!!!

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