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'No' - A Linguistic Tangle

Learn why the abbreviation 'no.' comes from French 'numéro' for number, not English 'no' for negation. Understand its history and digital issues.

#abbreviations, #frenchlanguage, #linguistics, #orthography, #unicode

https://newsletter.tf/why-no-means-number-not-negation-french/

'No' - A Linguistic Tangle

Learn why the abbreviation 'no.' comes from French 'numéro' for number, not English 'no' for negation. Understand its history and digital issues.

#abbreviations, #frenchlanguage, #linguistics, #orthography, #unicode

https://newsletter.tf/why-no-means-number-not-negation-french/

The abbreviation 'no.' is from French 'numéro' meaning 'number'. This is different from the English word 'no' used for negation.

#abbreviations, #frenchlanguage, #linguistics, #orthography, #unicode
https://newsletter.tf/why-no-means-number-not-negation-french/

The abbreviation 'no.' is from French 'numéro' meaning 'number'. This is different from the English word 'no' used for negation.

#abbreviations, #frenchlanguage, #linguistics, #orthography, #unicode
https://newsletter.tf/why-no-means-number-not-negation-french/

@zymurgic
Some idiot forgot to type 'prevention' and now they're too embarrassed to change it.
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#abbreviations

A comment on my post describes users of this slang as lazy simpletons with a limited vocabulary. (I was having none of it.)

I see linguistic shortcuts – abbreviations and the like – more as efficiencies. They're the verbal equivalent of desire paths, which no one sees as "lazy".

But the characterization shows the social baggage that language has accumulated. It's a scapegoat for broader anxieties and prejudices.

#language #slang #abbreviations #sociolinguistics #blogging

A comment on my post describes users of this slang as lazy simpletons with a limited vocabulary. (I was having none of it.)

I see linguistic shortcuts – abbreviations and the like – more as efficiencies. They're the verbal equivalent of desire paths, which no one sees as "lazy".

But the characterization shows the social baggage that language has accumulated. It's a scapegoat for broader anxieties and prejudices.

#language #slang #abbreviations #sociolinguistics #blogging

"A Story Of [The US States To Two (2) Capital Letters] Abbreviations” [(slightly) NSFW]
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https://youtube.com/shorts/u29XFwhHtC0?si=y_NJ-RCO06alkBjG  <-- shared (slightly) NSFW video
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As spatial data professionals- indeed as data professionals generally - we have all been in similar situations, either inside or looking in… so VERY relatable!
(note that the “98 minute documentary…” “about the men - and one woman” he mentions was – so very sadly! – a fiction generated for his routine…)
#comedy #garygulman #USStates #abbreviations #designbycommittee #USPS #abbreviation #task #consensus #spatial #organisation #states #USA #CONTRACTor #data #database #consistency #humour

"A Story Of [The US States To Two (2) Capital Letters] Abbreviations” [(slightly) NSFW]
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https://youtube.com/shorts/u29XFwhHtC0?si=y_NJ-RCO06alkBjG  <-- shared (slightly) NSFW video
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As spatial data professionals- indeed as data professionals generally - we have all been in similar situations, either inside or looking in… so VERY relatable!
(note that the “98 minute documentary…” “about the men - and one woman” he mentions was – so very sadly! – a fiction generated for his routine…)
#comedy #garygulman #USStates #abbreviations #designbycommittee #USPS #abbreviation #task #consensus #spatial #organisation #states #USA #CONTRACTor #data #database #consistency #humour

My interest in (1) tennis and, unrelatedly, (2) the linguistics of profanity means that just now when I saw the phrase "WTA RG F" my brain briefly decided that it meant "what the actual Roland-Garros fuck"

#swearing #tennis #WTAF #profanity #abbreviations #language #RolandGarros

My interest in (1) tennis and, unrelatedly, (2) the linguistics of profanity means that just now when I saw the phrase "WTA RG F" my brain briefly decided that it meant "what the actual Roland-Garros fuck"

#swearing #tennis #WTAF #profanity #abbreviations #language #RolandGarros

I have been flipping through my #abbreviations #dictionary

Excerpt photo from The American Heritage Abbreviations Dictionary:

*YHBT* you have been trolled

*YHBTTYFPHAND* you have been trolled, thank you for playing, have a nice day

I have been flipping through my #abbreviations #dictionary

Excerpt photo from The American Heritage Abbreviations Dictionary:

*YHBT* you have been trolled

*YHBTTYFPHAND* you have been trolled, thank you for playing, have a nice day

https://get.mypost.to/HAOyp4
Gone are the days when everything we say is written out in full. Some of it...
#socialmedia #abbreviations #communication #mentalfloss

https://get.mypost.to/HAOyp4
Gone are the days when everything we say is written out in full. Some of it...
#socialmedia #abbreviations #communication #mentalfloss

31 acronyms you use all the time—what they actually stand for

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/31-acronyms-you-use-all-the-time-what-they-actually-stand-for

#Abbreviations and #Initialisms ...

MRDA - Mandy Rice-Davies Applies.

During the trials related to the Profumo Affair she made the response "well he would, wouldn't he".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well_he_would%2C_wouldn%27t_he%3F

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandy_Rice-Davies

#Abbreviations and #Initialisms ...

MRDA - Mandy Rice-Davies Applies.

During the trials related to the Profumo Affair she made the response "well he would, wouldn't he".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well_he_would%2C_wouldn%27t_he%3F

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandy_Rice-Davies

A discussion on what is a ‘Word for #Abbreviations that have become standard #Words’.

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/153743/word-for-abbreviations-that-have-become-standard-words

@rl_dane

To react on subject

I never abbreviate functions; I want to read them all so that when I read back the programming code in a month a year or 10 years it still makes sense to me without reading my remarks

#Programming #abbreviations #functions #pointers

@rl_dane

To react on subject

I never abbreviate functions; I want to read them all so that when I read back the programming code in a month a year or 10 years it still makes sense to me without reading my remarks

#Programming #abbreviations #functions #pointers

Winton's book contains some of those clippings so popular in Australian English: bronzies, deckie, Landy, oldies, vollies, wetty, and others.

Without context it's hard to guess them unless you know AusEng. I've updated my post on the phenomenon:
https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2015/02/05/australian-clippings-in-peter-temples-truth/

#dialect #words #language #AustralianEnglish #AusEng #abbreviations #books #morphology

Winton's book contains some of those clippings so popular in Australian English: bronzies, deckie, Landy, oldies, vollies, wetty, and others.

Without context it's hard to guess them unless you know AusEng. I've updated my post on the phenomenon:
https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2015/02/05/australian-clippings-in-peter-temples-truth/

#dialect #words #language #AustralianEnglish #AusEng #abbreviations #books #morphology

Annoying Words I've Seen Today
Actionable, deep dives, scaling back, impactful, attitudinal, rolling back, orgs.

Other Annoying Words/phrases
Game-changer, level up, ramp up, kick off, hack (when used about everyday life i.e. cooking hack) ,elevate (hackneyed), Circle back, combo, info, typo, y'all, deets, specs, app/apps (this may be the proper word for mobile applications), pics, photos, faves, legit, adorbs, etc. There are many, many more. This is just a small sample. This is also why I generally can't tolerate more than ten minutes reading modern articles or associating with people who speak and write in this manner. It gives me a headache, sometimes literally (and yes, I do use that word in its proper sense). I fully understand why those with manual dexterity issues, etc. would write shortened words and such. But for the rest of us, there is no excuse. Yes, there are normal abbreviations, but these go well beyond that into sheer laziness. As for the corporate and sports rubbish, when did that start? Why must everything be a game-changer? When did we begin living in a video game that we started levelling up? Have we all become scuba divers that we take deep dives into everything? How did combination turn into combo, when there is only one o in it? Why must everyone, including professionals, write words such as info and photos, to say nothing of the use of emoticons, emojis, etc. in so-called business letters? Speaking of which, when did it become appropriate to call people who are not your friends or family by their first names without their permission, instead of addressing them properly i.e. "hey, Georgiana" instead of "Dear Miss Brummell" or "Dear Madam"? Then, there are those who forget to follow at least one of the rules regarding numbers in a sentence. Either you begin using numerals after ten or, as I do, after 100. "I put 2 cups on the is not proper usage. If I wrote all of my thoughts about such things, I would rival Captain Jesse in rambling and length, but suffice it to say that I am utterly disgusted by all of this modern nonsense, and even more so by bad English in general (good/well, lay/lie, me/I, double negatives, singular they, etc.) being accepted and even promoted by educators, both of native English students and of English learners!

#abbreviations #cCorporateSpeak #English #grammar #language #linguistics #netspeak #prescriptivism #textspeak #words #writing

What does "CPD" mean to you? Today, at work, I've seen it refer to both "continuing professional development" AND "cable position device". (Separate texts!)

#AmEditing #abbreviations #copyediting #initialisms #acronyms #words

What does "CPD" mean to you? Today, at work, I've seen it refer to both "continuing professional development" AND "cable position device". (Separate texts!)

#AmEditing #abbreviations #copyediting #initialisms #acronyms #words

I just realized that we can abbreviate Bluesky to BS. Funny much

#FediVerse #BlueSky #Acronyms #Abbreviations #SocialMedia

Hello English-speaking #filmfans and cineasts in the #fediverse. I could need some #mastohelp.

Is there something like a widely accepted and known abbreviation for the expression "original version/track with (English) subtitles" in #English? (I am thinking about a similar short form, like the German #OmU for "Original mit Untertiteln").

Asking for a friend. ;) All hints are greatly appreciated. Thank you!

#cinema #filmfestival #englishlanguage #abbreviations

Hello English-speaking #filmfans and cineasts in the #fediverse. I could need some #mastohelp.

Is there something like a widely accepted and known abbreviation for the expression "original version/track with (English) subtitles" in #English? (I am thinking about a similar short form, like the German #OmU for "Original mit Untertiteln").

Asking for a friend. ;) All hints are greatly appreciated. Thank you!

#cinema #filmfestival #englishlanguage #abbreviations

A Guide to Nikon’s Lens Abbreviations https://petapixel.com/nikons-lens-abbreviations/ #abbreviations #Educational #Equipment #features #Guides #NIKKOR #guide #nikon #lens

A Guide to Nikon’s Lens Abbreviations https://petapixel.com/nikons-lens-abbreviations/ #abbreviations #Educational #Equipment #features #Guides #NIKKOR #guide #nikon #lens

uk_bee vs us_bee stick or can_bee

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BBC = Billy Bailey Comedy

ACDC = Arthur Conan Doyle Crimes

#humour #sarcasm #abbreviations

#NLP #Abbreviations #NeuroLinguisticProgramming #NaturalLanguageProcessing

Whenever the abbreviation "NLP" pops up, I still cannot help reading it as "Neuro-Linguistic Programming".

Interesting how common household abbreviations silently change their meaning.

Y a des pro en typo ici qui sauraient m'expliquer comment recréer cette abréviation avec le T en haut et le point en bas ?

Points bonus si vous m'expliquer comment je l'inscrit sur musescore4

#typographie #abbreviations #typescript

When I #AmEditing #Physician-#Researchers' #manuscripts before they #submit them to #MedicalJournals, I'm watching for 1,000,001 issues—#science, #grammar, #readability, & others. One: whether authors have provided full terms for all #abbreviations they use. Boosts #readability.

When I #AmEditing #Physician-#Researchers' #manuscripts before they #submit them to #MedicalJournals, I'm watching for 1,000,001 issues—#science, #grammar, #readability, & others. One: whether authors have provided full terms for all #abbreviations they use. Boosts #readability.

#Abbreviations #MachineLearning #MarxismLeninism

Als ehemaliger DDR-Bürger bin ich doch ziemlich überrascht, dass wieder so viele Leute ML studieren wollen.

Typo: VVD - not VDV - though VDV has started brilliantly at THFC. #abbreviations

Typo: VVD - not VDV - though VDV has started brilliantly at THFC. #abbreviations

What the hell does dc/gla mean????????????????????????????????????????

In a dating profile.

DC/Glasgow???

Yo. It's not like there wasn't enough space to spell it out.

:headache:

By the way, I'm really asking. I have no clue other than the hypothesis above.

Maybe people in #Glasgow can shoot down my interpretation if I'm off base here. Maybe they travel between DC and Glasgow?

:why:

(I'm interpreting DC as Washington, D.C. It's the city next door.)

#dating #DatingProfile #abbreviations

Anyone wonder if this abbreviation for a certain social media basket case was accidental or not?

#Xitter #abbreviations

strongly held opinion on #acronyms and most #abbreviations: avoid

#KnowledgeByte: #Abbreviations are a common part of our lives, they save us time and space in our written communication. In other words, almost anything you want to do, from official documents to text messages, will require you to know an abbreviation or two.

Here is a list of some commonly used abbreviations.

https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/5d29f80f7b67ef0006e24901

Index of Pat’s pinned toots:

#introduction
https://qoto.org/@Pat/109306457253697111

Guide to Content Warnings
https://qoto.org/@Pat/109321533928955163

#BASH #strings
y=${x##*pid=}; echo ${y%%,*}
https://qoto.org/@Pat/107817893151595161
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#covid19
A properly worn respirator stops all variants of the COVID-19 virus -- past, present and future...
https://qoto.org/@Pat/107364049546018993
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#race #film
A pseudorandomly selected list of ten films to critique regarding how they treat black actors/characters
https://qoto.org/@Pat/107140410303609143
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A list of #abbreviations
https://qoto.org/@Pat/107642967957592172
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#awareness
What's wrong with this picture?
https://qoto.org/@Pat/107111545496373988

Please don’t use #abbreviations, initials #jargon etc. in your Toots unless you need to and you define what you are referring to. Why post coded messages on social media? Might as well just write in your private diary.

We are rapidly approaching peak incomprehensibility on most online platforms, including this one. Or to use the currently accepted format:
WARAPIOMOPITO.
That’s pronounced Wah-rah’-pee-oh-moh’-pee-toe.
#abbreviations #comprehension #acronyms