18.550 acronyms (was plain text)

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         Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 06:19:45 +0000
         From: Alexandre Enkerli <aenkerli_at_indiana.edu>
         Subject: Acronyms in Latin

> Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 06:26:09 +0000
> From: Norman Hinton <hinton_at_springnet1.com>
> >
>Not really -- such constructs are extremely common in medieval Latin
>--
>hundreds are well known to medievalists. This is not at all a new
development.
Good point. But don't these acronymic practices represent a shift in the
way acronyms are conceived through mainstream culture?
Received on Wed Feb 02 2005 - 01:36:57 EST