Longer abbreviations
Longer abbreviations
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It was pointed out to me that saying the letters www, is three times longer than saying "world wide web".
I know it's easier to type, but had anyone ever come across anything similar, where the abbreviation is longer to say than the original, full length name?
(Then we can move on to why they chose the symbol "@" which is two key presses and thus as slow to type as the word "at"...only joking.)
I know it's easier to type, but had anyone ever come across anything similar, where the abbreviation is longer to say than the original, full length name?
(Then we can move on to why they chose the symbol "@" which is two key presses and thus as slow to type as the word "at"...only joking.)
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Keep the wheels on the ground
Bob
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"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943.
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Not much shorter, but you do get some raised eyebrows.
CajunCenturion: I think you are correct. Whoops!
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Bung
Life is non-linear...
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As I understand, there are several types of abbreviations, including shortened words or phrases, logograms (symbols), acronyms and initialism.
Whenever acronyms are pronounced by reading each letter separately, and not as a single word, we have initialism. Examples: CIA, BBC, HP, Btu, TEL, DDT, EDTA, NTP, STP, DNA, RNA, BOD, emf, FM, fpm, ppm, UHF, etc.
It appears the difference lies in the pronunciation, especially when there are vowels that enable reading the abbreviation as a word.
So, what would the abbreviation psia be, an acronym, an initialism, both, or what ?
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"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943.
Have you read FAQ731-376 to make the best use of Eng-Tips Forums?
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That's to avoid confusion with "Dubya Dubya Eye Eye." (Another one from my father.) See that alpha-numeric thread for more details. (Two (2) or two).
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"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943.
Have you read FAQ731-376 to make the best use of Eng-Tips Forums?
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Good Luck
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As a circle of light increases so does the circumference of darkness around it. - Albert Einstein
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Since this discussion has moved to particulars about the World Wide Web, I dearly despise it when I hear commercials that omit the "dot" between the WWW and the rest of the URL.
"For more information go to WWW this-is-dumb dot com". Where the hell is the first dot.
I'm sure some of you are thinking I have way too much free time if that is on my annoyance list, but there you have it.
As a side note, I also used to hate hearing "H T T P colon backslash backslash" when it's obviously not a backslash. This one has fallen out of use since most people are enlightened enough not to need anything but the actual content of the URL.
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Except when it's https.
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Hg
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Would a word formed from the first syllable of the component words be considered an acronym? It is the same principle.
Regards,
William
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Racing and bullfighting are the only real sports...everything else is just a game.
Bob
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Good Luck
johnwm
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