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- Greg Malivuk
- http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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- contraction: it is -> it’s, we have -> we’ve, can not -> can’t
- abbreviation: advertisement -> ad, United States -> US, October -> Oct.
- initialism: US, a.s.a.p., CEG, WHO, WTO, UN
- acronym: NATO, NASA, UNICEF, UNESCO, FIFA
- (Technically, acronyms are initialisms pronounced as a single word, though many people use “acronym” for all initialisms.)
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- What are some other (non-acronym) initialisms that you know?
- SMS = short messaging service
- LOL = laughing out loud
- OMG = Oh my God.
- - “an SMS” because the first sound is a vowel.
- - pronounce each letter separately and clearly, with the strongest stress on the last letter
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- p. 47 exercise 9 - Ask your partner what the initialisms mean. (This is the opposite order that the book instructs. Ask “What does ‘LA’ mean?”, not “What’s the abbreviation for ‘Los Angeles’?”
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- Handout: individually, write as many of the meanings as you know or can guess. If you don’t know exactly what each letter means, in parentheses you can write how the initialism is used.
- For example: a.m. (morning), DVD (disc for video), …
- Then work with your partner and compare your answers.
- Do the same in a group of 4.
- Mix into groups of 3. Now you have all the answers everyone in class came up with.
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- A.M. / a.m. ante meridiem
- B.A. bachelor of arts
- CIA Central Intelligence Agency
- M.S. master of science
- VCR video casette recorder
- e.g. exempli gratia (for example)
- mpg miles per gallon
- rpm revolutions per minute
- B.S. bachelor of science
- G.M.T. Greenwich Mean Time
- IQ intelligence quotient
- U.K. United Kingdom
- mph miles per hour
- DC District of Columbia / direct current / Detective Comics
- FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
- M.A. master of arts
- P.M. / p.m. post meridiem
- TV television
- USA United States of America
- a.s.a.p. as soon as possible
- CD compact disc
- DVD digital video disc
- D.D.S. doctor of dental surgery
- HQ. headquarters (sometimes “high quality”)
- M.D. medical doctor
- NSA National Security Agency
- Ph.D. Philosophiae doctor / Doctor of Philosophy
- URL uniform resource locator
- cc: carbon copy / cubic centimeter
- bcc: blind carbon copy
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