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mbloch

4:19 PM

@kouty what is "elided" for you in French? the word doesn't exist in English. I thought you meant edited out

Double AA

@mbloch "Elide" is an English word merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elide

mbloch

OK, well done, I had never met this word before, wonder who uses it but maybe it's just me

Double AA

@mbloch At least about a dozen Yodeyans use it judaism.stackexchange.com/search?q=elide judaism.stackexchange.com/search?q=elision

mbloch

Wheww! I knew this was a distinguished group of Jewish scholars but learning new English words is the cherry on the cake ! And I'm saying this truly seriously

Isaac Moses

@mbloch I've encountered it in software engineering, roughly as a synonym for "delete," as in a section of code or a requirement.

Double AA

4:43 PM

@mbloch Living in Israel is probably not the best way to go for an advanced English vocabulary.

(of course, getting in to Olam HaBa is probably worth it)

mbloch

@DoubleAA Yup, you are more than right. But I live in Raanana which is only half way between Israel and the US/England/South Africa. And I travel weekly to work (Europe/US mostly) and speak English most of that time

kouty

@mbloch ellder est un verbe transitif, to elide dans les dictionnaires francais anglais. see this link

mbloch

@kouty thanks, I wanted to help with my edits but got it plain wrong on this one!

kouty

@mbloch Thanks to you. I speak many languages but not english. But sometimes I search. Generally this kind of words are the same. You help me a lot anyway.

Meta-Man

5:13 PM

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