By Abbreviations, Pronunciation

Seems that we are talking about different dictionaries instead of different versions. The name on the page you quoted does not have "Webster's". Anyway, why we need a plural for PS? A postscript is a short remark. Although it is possible that the "short" remark is not...

There are nearly 3 million google hits and 2 million yahoo hits for CON'T as the abbreviation for continue/continued. It's not a form listed in popular dictionaries. cont. contd cont'd cnt Why do you suppose it has become so common? Perhaps: - It's an abbreviation of an existing...

Such contractions (not 'abbreviations') are used only to represent spoken pronunciation. Any but the most casual writing should employ the fully written-out forms: this is, these are, etc.

Yeah, but I'd say that U-Dub is an abbreviated form of the abbreviation UW (you double-you). I don't really think that it's an acronymn....(crazy! my girlfriend works at spew)-Andrew

The17pointscale wrote:As I was looking at these abbreviations, I wondered how someone might know that UCLA isn't pronounced uck lah (I suppose that it would be an unfortunate moniker). Are there any universities that are abbreviated as acronymns? I can't think of any. Maybe the University of...

Clive wrote:Hi, Your examples are not acronyms. They are abbreviations. An acronym is when the capital letters are pronounced as a word. eg FBI is an abbreviation. We say each letter separately. eff bee eye eg NATO is an acronym. We say naytow, not enn eh tee owe Best wishes, CliveHi...

As I was looking at these abbreviations, I wondered how someone might know that UCLA isn't pronounced uck lah (I suppose that it would be an unfortunate moniker). Are there any universities that are abbreviated as acronymns? I can't think of any. Maybe the University of Pennsylvania is UPENN? I...

Hi, Your examples are not acronyms. They are abbreviations. An acronym is when the capital letters are pronounced as a word. eg FBI is an abbreviation. We say each letter separately. eff bee eye eg NATO is an acronym. We say naytow, not enn eh tee owe Best wishes, Clive

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The Jim in CalifJim is pronounced the same as Jim is pronounced separately: /dZIm/ to rhyme with him or dim or Kim or slim. The normal pronunciation of "j" is /dZ/ in English. The "j" in "Jim" is the same sound - nothing irregular about it. The full name is simply an abbreviation for...