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emmasc

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Initialism or shortening?
« on: June 02, 2018, 02:33:34 pm »
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Would shortening email to 'e' be considered an initialism or shortening?
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Re: Initialism or shortening?
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2018, 03:14:46 pm »
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More properly shortening, because it's a single word; I guess you could argue that initialisms are just a series of shortenings sounded individually?
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Re: Initialism or shortening?
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2018, 09:51:10 am »
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Agree with the above - I see that as a shortening (apocope specifically).

What's the context for this? I don't think I've ever heard "email" be shortened to just "e" before haha.

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