Re: Not an acronymn....

Subject: Re: Not an acronymn....
From: mattgras -at- comcast -dot- net
To: Wade Courtney <wade -dot- courtney -at- gmail -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 17:45:00 +0000 (UTC)



Yeah, well -- I don't consider wikipedia an ultimate source. Just because it considers "K9" an abbreviation don't make it so...



Homphone, ok: abbreviation, no.


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From: "Wade Courtney" <wade -dot- courtney -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: mattgras -at- comcast -dot- net
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Subject: Re: Not an acronymn....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K9




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On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 10:32 AM, < mattgras -at- comcast -dot- net > wrote:




It's not an abreviation -- an abreviation would be a shortened form of the original word.



Thanks, though, for identifying it as a homophone.





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From: "Bill Swallow" < techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com >
To: mattgras -at- comcast -dot- net
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Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 10:16:44 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: Not an acronymn....

It's indeed an abbreviation but more importantly it's a homophone.

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Â< mattgras -at- comcast -dot- net > wrote:
> Anyone know what to call constructions like "K9" (as in "K9 Unit," referring to a canine unit of a police department)?
> It's not an acronym, abbreviation or initialism....

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