http://camba.ucsd.edu/blog/phonoloblog/2006/01/14/pronounce-this/ all things phonology | camba.ucsd.edu/phonoloblog Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:09:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://camba.ucsd.edu/blog/phonoloblog/2006/01/14/pronounce-this/#comment-1796 David Romano Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:01:15 +0000 http://camba.ucsd.edu/phonoloblog/index.php/2006/01/14/pronounce-this/#comment-1796 <p>Too bad Geoff Pullum didn't mention a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backronym" rel="nofollow">backronym</a>, which is what I think is interesting. The first one I became aware of (and where it was called as such) was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl#The_name_.22Perl.22" rel="nofollow">Perl</a> , yet many job postings still write it as PERL. Perl is the only backronym I know for certain where case is of the utmost importance, but there are probably others too.</p> Too bad Geoff Pullum didn’t mention a backronym, which is what I think is interesting. The first one I became aware of (and where it was called as such) was Perl , yet many job postings still write it as PERL. Perl is the only backronym I know for certain where case is of the utmost importance, but there are probably others too.

]]> http://camba.ucsd.edu/blog/phonoloblog/2006/01/14/pronounce-this/#comment-1795 Outi Bat-El Sun, 22 Jan 2006 11:07:54 +0000 http://camba.ucsd.edu/phonoloblog/index.php/2006/01/14/pronounce-this/#comment-1795 <p>What about "acronyms" vs. "acronym words"? Abbreviations should be viewed as a general term, referring to both types of acronyms, clips, clipped compounds, etc.</p> What about “acronyms” vs. “acronym words”? Abbreviations should be viewed as a general term, referring to both types of acronyms, clips, clipped compounds, etc.

]]> http://camba.ucsd.edu/blog/phonoloblog/2006/01/14/pronounce-this/#comment-1794 Eric Bakovic Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:21:59 +0000 http://camba.ucsd.edu/phonoloblog/index.php/2006/01/14/pronounce-this/#comment-1794 <p>Update: Pullum <a href="http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002768.html" rel="nofollow">defends himself</a> against <a href="http://snibbets.blogspot.com/2006/01/wtfiuwt.html" rel="nofollow">a charge</a> that his illustration of the <i>abbreviation / acronym</i> distinction is a "prescriptivist rant".</p> Update: Pullum defends himself against a charge that his illustration of the abbreviation / acronym distinction is a “prescriptivist rant”.

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