Re: Re: Not an acronymn....

[Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca>]

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:
> The traditional definitions of abbreviation and acronym should both exclude "K9," because there is neither a "K" nor a "9"
> in the word "canine," and because it isn't a real word it shouldn't be considered a hompohone, which is a word that has
> the same pronunciation as another word but a different meaning.

Why don't we all agree that it's a numerophonobreviation?

-T
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