Acronymns (was Re: C-IPA underlying principles and methods)
| From: | Jake X <starvingpoet@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, February 26, 2003, 1:12 |
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From: "Christophe Grandsire" <christophe.grandsire@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: 25 February, 2003 16:12
Subject: Re: C-IPA underlying principles and methods
> En réponse à Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>:
>
> >
> > First things first; how am I supposed to pronounce "C-IPA"? [sai.pa]?
> >
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> I personally simply pronounce each letter (I do the same with the IPA,
although
> it can be an obvious acronym). But you're free to make it into an acronym
if
> you want :)) .
I think you're confusing the word acronymn with the way an acronymn. The
word acronymn,
to my knowledge, simply refers to the system of taking the first letter from
each word in
a multiword phrase.
For example, 'Laughing Out Loud' becomes lol, from the first letter of each
word. Those new letters,
"lol," are an acronymn regardless of how you pronounce it.
> Christophe.
Jake
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