Re: iPod vs. Walkman (Keith, Alex, Dean . . . and everyone)

From: tschibasch <tschibasch_at_yahoo.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:26:58 -0000

You cannot say "DVD disks": the final "D" of DVD stands for "disk".

It's like saying "ATM Machine".

Grrr.

John

--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, Bark Of Delight <barkofdelight@...> wrote:
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> The simple way to solve the "DVDs" dilemma is to avoid it.
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> Use the phrase "DVD disks" for the plural.
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> Bark!
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> On Jun 30, 2009, at 11:35 PM, "tschibasch" <tschibasch_at_...> wrote:
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> Speaking of pluralities...
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> I often see apostrophes when pluralizing acronyms. Has this possibly become the accepted way of doing it?
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> Take the case of DVD. How do we make this plural?
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> We might first make it like this: DVDs
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> But it looks odd with a lowercase letter at the end. So, we fix this and render it as: DVDS
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> But now it looks like it might be a different acronym. Maybe some new special digital format exists? We do have DVD, DVDR, DVDRW; why not DVDS?
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> So, instead, we insert a small apostrophe separation: DVD's
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Received on 2009-07-02 11:27:07