Acronym Pluralisation

[cdd]

I have a question.

Normally, acronyms are pluralised by putting an "s" on the end: CDs, DVDs etc. This matches their expanded form: Compact Discs, etc.

However, what about acronyms where the expanded form is pluralised on a word that isn't the last word? e.g. Points of Interest. How is the acronym pluralised there? POIs or PsOI?

[Sput]

POIs is how scientific literature does it. And there are a LOT of acronyms in SL.

[martindtanderson]

they are...

CD Compact Disc
DVD Digital Versatile Disc
BD Blu-Ray Disc

etc

[martindtanderson]

doovdé?


I bow to your infinate wisdom oh backwardsly named demi-god

[all new Phil]

I am aware of what they stand for, thank you; they are not "acronyms" though. They are abbreviations or initialisms.

An acronym is an abbreviation that can be pronounced as a word in its own right. BBC for example is not pronounced "Buh-buh-kuh", therefore it is not an acronym. CD is not pronounced "Kuh-Duh" so it too is not an acronym.

A good example of an acronym could be the Tunbridge Wells Angling Team.

[Gavin Scott]

doovdé?


I bow to your infinate wisdom oh backwardsly named demi-god

Oooh. Sounds like someone's got a semi.

[Alexia]

TARDIS and BARB are acronyms then, if you pronounce the last one barb.

So what's something like "So-Cal" or "Hi-Fi"? (i.e. Southern California or high fidelity)

They abbreviations too?

[Nick Harvey]

This thread is getting very long and tedius; is there any way of shortening it?

[Beep]

Ignoring of course the Committee for the Liberation and Intergration of Terrifying Organisms and their Rehabilitation Into Society.

Yes , I saw that Red Dwarf episode too! Well done. :roll:

[Ronnie Rowlands]

Yes , I saw that Red Dwarf episode too! Well done. :roll:

[Jovis]

Ignoring of course the Committee for the Liberation and Intergration of Terrifying Organisms and their Rehabilitation Into Society.

Yes , I saw that Red Dwarf episode too! Well done. :roll:

But do you understand it?