I'm not sure what you mean.  There are many adjectives turned adverb  
that start with an "a": amiably, absurdly, amorally, adjectivally.

Susan


On May 31, 2008, at 7:47 AM, STAHLKE, HERBERT F wrote:

> "Lonely," by the way, is an interesting word, an adverb derived  
> from "lone" which is itself an aphetic form (initial vowel dropped)  
> of "alone."  "Alone" appears first in 1300 as an adjective derived  
> from a combination of "all one," a phrase that was current at the  
> time.  "Lone" appeared in 1377 by the loss of the initial vowel  
> (aphesis, hence, "aphetic").  I wonder if the need for an adverbial  
> form could have contributed to the aphesis, since we don't add -ly  
> to adjectives starting with the prefix a-.
>
> Herb
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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>
> There's even a name for it, haplology.  Wikipedia informs me, and  
> OED concurs, that the word was introduced by American philologist  
> Maurice Bloomfield in an 1895 Journal article.  The date and source  
> are from the OED entry.
>
> Herb
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Re: Lonely Morphology
>
> At 06:37 30/05/2008, STAHLKE, HERBERT F wrote:
>> . . . we don't generally like to repeat a syllable
>> immediately.  Notice how we can say "He's becoming a good
>> grammarian" but tend to avoid "He may be becoming a good
>> grammarian," and if we say it in normal speech we'll drop one of  
>> the "be"s.
>
> DD: A really great point that was new to me. I appreciate the concept
> and thank you for the insight. I like things that make me stop and
> think, and that really did.
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