Re: Not an acronymn....

[mattgras -at- comcast -dot- net]

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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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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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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