Re: Not an acronymn....

[Wade Courtney <wade -dot- courtney -at- gmail -dot- com>]

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On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 10:45 AM, <mattgras -at- comcast -dot- net> wrote:

> Yeah, well -- I don't consider wikipedia an ultimate source. Just because
> it considers "K9" an abbreviation don't make it so...
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> Homphone, ok: abbreviation, no.
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> 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:
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>> It's not an abreviation -- an abreviation would be a shortened form of the
>> original word.
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>> Thanks, though, for identifying it as a homophone.
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bill Swallow" <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>
>> To: mattgras -at- comcast -dot- net
>> Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 10:16:44 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
>> Subject: Re: Not an acronymn....
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>> It's indeed an abbreviation but more importantly it's a homophone.
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>> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:34 AM,  <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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