And is there a technical term for words whose abbreviations are actually longer
than the original word? Such as "www", the nine-syllable 'abbreviation' for the
three-syllable "World-Wide Web".
Michael Fennema
Uni-Circuit Inc.
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日期: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 20:41
主旨: Re: [TN] Getting More, and Not Paying More
|Brian,
|
|Is it possible then, for an abbreviation to become an acronym?
|
|For example, WYSIWYG, should be an abbreviation but, over the years we've
|learned to pronounce it as "Whiz-e-wig".
|
|Bill Kasprzak
|Moog Inc.
|
|> -----Original Message-----
|> From: Brian Ellis [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
|> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 4:31 AM
|> To: [log in to unmask]
|> Subject: Re: [TN] Getting More, and Not Paying More
|>
|> Steve
|>
|> If you think acronym is an acronym, have another think coming: it is of
|> pure Greek origin. Your "explanation" possibly has a name, but I don't
|> know it. The following are cut and pasted from the electronic Oxford
|> dictionary:
|>
|> acronym // n.
|> a word, usu. pronounced as such, formed from the initial letters of
|> other words (e.g. Ernie, laser, Nato).
|> [Greek akron 'end' + onuma = onoma 'name']
|>
|> abbreviation / / n.
|> 1 an abbreviated form, esp. a shortened form of a word or phrase.
|> 2 the process or result of abbreviating.
|> [Middle English via Late Latin abbreviare 'shorten' from Latin brevis
|> 'short': cf. abridge]
|>
|> I bring to your attention the essential difference between these. If you
|> pronounce an abbreviation as a word and not letters, then - and only
|> then - it is an acronym. Thus, for example, DFM is an abbreviation and
|> not an acronym, because your say it 'dee-eff-emm'. Laser (Light
|> Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) is an acronym,
|> because it is usually pronounced 'layzer' and not 'ell-ay-ess-ee-are',
|> which it would be, were it a simple abbreviation.
|>
|> What does 'Steve' mean? Some Times Even Very Eloquent?
|>
|> Here endeth the first lesson.
|>
|> Brian
|> "Stephen R. Gregory" wrote:
|> >
|> > > O.K. Rick.....What does TANSTAAFL mean?
|> >
|> > Hey all!
|> >
|> > Sitting here eating lunch, I found this:
|> >
|> > http://www.astro.umd.edu/~marshall/abbrev.html
|> >
|> > It's got just about every acronym defined that you could think of there,
|> all
|> > in alphabetical order...in fact, did you know that acronym is a acronym?
|> >
|> > ACRONYM = Abbreviated Coded Rendition Of Name Yielding Meaning
|> >
|> > There was some pretty good ones there...I was ROTFLMAAOBPO!!!
|> >
|> > PCMCIA,
|> >
|> > -Steve Gregory-
|> >
|> >
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