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Acronym Pluralisation
Posted: Wed 23 Jan, 2008 11.33
by 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?
Re: Acronym Pluralisation
Posted: Wed 23 Jan, 2008 11.48
by Sput
POIs is how scientific literature does it. And there are a LOT of acronyms in SL.
Re: Acronym Pluralisation
Posted: Wed 23 Jan, 2008 11.54
by martindtanderson
they are...
CD Compact Disc
DVD Digital Versatile Disc
BD Blu-Ray Disc
etc
Re: Acronym Pluralisation
Posted: Wed 23 Jan, 2008 12.18
by martindtanderson
doovdé?
I bow to your infinate wisdom oh backwardsly named demi-god
Re: Acronym Pluralisation
Posted: Wed 23 Jan, 2008 13.21
by all new Phil
nodnirG kraM wrote: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.
Re: Acronym Pluralisation
Posted: Wed 23 Jan, 2008 15.35
by Gavin Scott
martindtanderson wrote:doovdé?
I bow to your infinate wisdom oh backwardsly named demi-god
Oooh. Sounds like someone's got a semi.
Re: Acronym Pluralisation
Posted: Wed 23 Jan, 2008 15.59
by 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?
Re: Acronym Pluralisation
Posted: Wed 23 Jan, 2008 18.00
by Nick Harvey
This thread is getting very long and tedius; is there any way of shortening it?
Re: Acronym Pluralisation
Posted: Wed 23 Jan, 2008 19.47
by Beep
nodnirG kraM wrote: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:
Re: Acronym Pluralisation
Posted: Wed 23 Jan, 2008 20.00
by Ronnie Rowlands
Godfather wrote:
Yes , I saw that Red Dwarf episode too! Well done. :roll:
Re: Acronym Pluralisation
Posted: Wed 23 Jan, 2008 20.17
by Jovis
Godfather wrote:nodnirG kraM wrote: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?
