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It’s shorter to say (4 vs 6 syllables), and to write - how is that ‘no gain’?
by NeoTar 2y ago
It’s shorter to say (4 vs 6 syllables), and to write - how is that ‘no gain’?
- MrVandemar 2y agoFalse economy. The trade-off between "saving some syllables" and the concomitant problems it causes is not worth it. To this day I don't know what Eli8 means, and I'm not going to even bother to look it up. It's not communication.
- MereInterest 2y ago> To this day I don't know what Eli8 means, and I'm not going to even bother to look it up. It's not communication. My first guess would have been a username for somebody named Elliot. Given that it occurred in this thread, probably not a correct guess.
- NeoTar 2y agoCommunication requires thought and input from both sides - if I use a numeric abbreviation with someone who is unfamiliar with it, I am communicating badly. I think where we differ is that I see such abbreviations as no worse than any other - TLAs (three letter acronyms) can also be as impenetrable.
- nemetroid 2y agoI always thought you'd still pronounce it as the original word. How do you pronounce it? Aeleveny?
- NeoTar 2y agoYep - pretty-much, aye-el-ev-en-why although I may have miscounted the syllables in eleven in my parent post. It's most pronounced in aye-ate-een-en, internationalization is a word I find myself stumbling when saying in full.