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VCE Stuff => VCE English Studies => VCE Subjects + Help => VCE English Language => Topic started by: emmasc on June 02, 2018, 02:33:34 pm

Title: Initialism or shortening?
Post by: emmasc on June 02, 2018, 02:33:34 pm

Would shortening email to 'e' be considered an initialism or shortening?

Title: Re: Initialism or shortening?
Post by: meganrobyn on June 02, 2018, 03:14:46 pm

More properly shortening, because it's a single word; I guess you could argue that initialisms are just a series of shortenings sounded individually?

Title: Re: Initialism or shortening?
Post by: Joseph41 on June 04, 2018, 09:51:10 am

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.

P.S. Welcome to the forums! Great question. ;D