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Subject:RE: Not an acronymn.... From:"Peter Hirons" <peter -at- galley -dot- ie> To:"'Wade Courtney'" <wade -dot- courtney -at- gmail -dot- com>, "'TECHWR-L'" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 20 May 2010 23:31:19 +0100
More likely to be called Rover or Rex or Shep :=)
Peter
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Subject: Re: Not an acronymn....
On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Paul Goble
<pgcommunication -at- gmail -dot- com>wrote:
> Paired orthographic allograph?
>
> >From the discussion so far, perhaps we can agree that even if a name
> is found by which we might classify "K9," such name would not be
> commonly understood. Though perhaps a name might provide insight into
> some linguistic phenomenon, or aid in finding similar constructions.
>
> Having given up on the original question, there are other questions we
> can ask, such as: Does "K9" behave any differently than "canine" in
> spoken English? If it behaves the same in every respect, can we
> really say that "K9" is a different word than "canine," or is it just
> an alternate written representation of the same word? Is there a name,
> broader than allograph, for constructions which are discernible in
> written, but not spoken, language?
>
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