How to make an initialism out of a word/phrase with a number?
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I have a question. How do I make an initialism out of a word/phrase with a number?
For an example: Should Rainbow 6 Siege be R6S because of initialism is an abbreviation made of initial letters but 6 is not a letter.
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I have a question. How do I make an initialism out of a word/phrase with a number?
For an example: Should Rainbow 6 Siege be R6S because of initialism is an abbreviation made of initial letters but 6 is not a letter.
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This gets me wondering about R2-D2 and C-3PO.
– Jeeped
2 days ago
@Jeeped I think they are just series number of the droid and not an abbreviation of anything. LikeR2-D2stands for R2 series astromech droid.
– phwt
2 days ago
If initialism means what I think it does, then you can't. The best you can do is an abbreviation like W3C (World Wide Web Consortium), K9, G20, MI5. Your R6S would be an abbreviation, I don't think it would meet the requirements for either acronym or initialism. Abbreviation though, yes. Interestingly most of these abbreviations are listed under the Wikipedia acronym article, though I don't think it contends they are acronyms. Is it an unimportant point whether your abbreviation is an initialism or acronym or any other 'thing'?
– Zebrafish
2 days ago
What about RSS, where the first S stands for six, the word that represents the numeral?
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
@Zebrafish Thanks! So all I do is just to abbreviate to make it understandable because it can't be an initialism.
– phwt
yesterday
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I have a question. How do I make an initialism out of a word/phrase with a number?
For an example: Should Rainbow 6 Siege be R6S because of initialism is an abbreviation made of initial letters but 6 is not a letter.
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I have a question. How do I make an initialism out of a word/phrase with a number?
For an example: Should Rainbow 6 Siege be R6S because of initialism is an abbreviation made of initial letters but 6 is not a letter.
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This gets me wondering about R2-D2 and C-3PO.
– Jeeped
2 days ago
@Jeeped I think they are just series number of the droid and not an abbreviation of anything. LikeR2-D2stands for R2 series astromech droid.
– phwt
2 days ago
If initialism means what I think it does, then you can't. The best you can do is an abbreviation like W3C (World Wide Web Consortium), K9, G20, MI5. Your R6S would be an abbreviation, I don't think it would meet the requirements for either acronym or initialism. Abbreviation though, yes. Interestingly most of these abbreviations are listed under the Wikipedia acronym article, though I don't think it contends they are acronyms. Is it an unimportant point whether your abbreviation is an initialism or acronym or any other 'thing'?
– Zebrafish
2 days ago
What about RSS, where the first S stands for six, the word that represents the numeral?
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
@Zebrafish Thanks! So all I do is just to abbreviate to make it understandable because it can't be an initialism.
– phwt
yesterday
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This gets me wondering about R2-D2 and C-3PO.
– Jeeped
2 days ago
@Jeeped I think they are just series number of the droid and not an abbreviation of anything. LikeR2-D2stands for R2 series astromech droid.
– phwt
2 days ago
If initialism means what I think it does, then you can't. The best you can do is an abbreviation like W3C (World Wide Web Consortium), K9, G20, MI5. Your R6S would be an abbreviation, I don't think it would meet the requirements for either acronym or initialism. Abbreviation though, yes. Interestingly most of these abbreviations are listed under the Wikipedia acronym article, though I don't think it contends they are acronyms. Is it an unimportant point whether your abbreviation is an initialism or acronym or any other 'thing'?
– Zebrafish
2 days ago
What about RSS, where the first S stands for six, the word that represents the numeral?
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
@Zebrafish Thanks! So all I do is just to abbreviate to make it understandable because it can't be an initialism.
– phwt
yesterday
This gets me wondering about R2-D2 and C-3PO.
– Jeeped
2 days ago
This gets me wondering about R2-D2 and C-3PO.
– Jeeped
2 days ago
@Jeeped I think they are just series number of the droid and not an abbreviation of anything. Like
R2-D2 stands for R2 series astromech droid.– phwt
2 days ago
@Jeeped I think they are just series number of the droid and not an abbreviation of anything. Like
R2-D2 stands for R2 series astromech droid.– phwt
2 days ago
If initialism means what I think it does, then you can't. The best you can do is an abbreviation like W3C (World Wide Web Consortium), K9, G20, MI5. Your R6S would be an abbreviation, I don't think it would meet the requirements for either acronym or initialism. Abbreviation though, yes. Interestingly most of these abbreviations are listed under the Wikipedia acronym article, though I don't think it contends they are acronyms. Is it an unimportant point whether your abbreviation is an initialism or acronym or any other 'thing'?
– Zebrafish
2 days ago
If initialism means what I think it does, then you can't. The best you can do is an abbreviation like W3C (World Wide Web Consortium), K9, G20, MI5. Your R6S would be an abbreviation, I don't think it would meet the requirements for either acronym or initialism. Abbreviation though, yes. Interestingly most of these abbreviations are listed under the Wikipedia acronym article, though I don't think it contends they are acronyms. Is it an unimportant point whether your abbreviation is an initialism or acronym or any other 'thing'?
– Zebrafish
2 days ago
What about RSS, where the first S stands for six, the word that represents the numeral?
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
What about RSS, where the first S stands for six, the word that represents the numeral?
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
@Zebrafish Thanks! So all I do is just to abbreviate to make it understandable because it can't be an initialism.
– phwt
yesterday
@Zebrafish Thanks! So all I do is just to abbreviate to make it understandable because it can't be an initialism.
– phwt
yesterday
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This gets me wondering about R2-D2 and C-3PO.
– Jeeped
2 days ago
@Jeeped I think they are just series number of the droid and not an abbreviation of anything. Like
R2-D2stands for R2 series astromech droid.– phwt
2 days ago
If initialism means what I think it does, then you can't. The best you can do is an abbreviation like W3C (World Wide Web Consortium), K9, G20, MI5. Your R6S would be an abbreviation, I don't think it would meet the requirements for either acronym or initialism. Abbreviation though, yes. Interestingly most of these abbreviations are listed under the Wikipedia acronym article, though I don't think it contends they are acronyms. Is it an unimportant point whether your abbreviation is an initialism or acronym or any other 'thing'?
– Zebrafish
2 days ago
What about RSS, where the first S stands for six, the word that represents the numeral?
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
@Zebrafish Thanks! So all I do is just to abbreviate to make it understandable because it can't be an initialism.
– phwt
yesterday