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i was arguing with my gf last night.... (pg. 10)
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| Swamper |
You're a T.O. T.A. - hence - pronouncing each letter, despite taking longer, is the proper form. :)
See, you say TAs (Tee-Ehs) and you say Toronto Tee-Ehs or NYTAs (N Y Tee Ehs) so why not Tee Oh Tee Ehs ? Eh?
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| EvilTree |
| quote: | Originally posted by Swamper
You're a T.O. T.A. - hence - pronouncing each letter, despite taking longer, is the proper form. :)
See, you say TAs (Tee-Ehs) and you say Toronto Tee-Ehs or NYTAs (N Y Tee Ehs) so why not Tee Oh Tee Ehs ? Eh?
:wtf: |
Da Swampmonstah has spoken! |
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| Cosmic Fur |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronyms
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Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations, such as NATO, laser, or scuba, written as the initial letter or letters of words, and pronounced on the basis of this abbreviated written form.
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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language) who differentiate between the two terms, restricting acronym to pronounceable words formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the constituent words—such as NATO [neɪtoʊ], not [ɛn.eɪ.ti.oʊ], from the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, or radar [reɪdɑɹ], from radio detection and ranging—and restricting initialism to abbreviations pronounced as the names of the individual letters—such as TLA [ti.ɛl.eɪ] or XHTML [ɛks.eɪtʃ.ti.ɛm.ɛl].
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I rest my case. If TOTA is an acronym, then you say it TOE-TAH, if it's an initiliasm, you can say Tee-Oh-Tee-Ay. Now we gotta argue on whether it's an acronym or an initialism... |
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| Cosmic Fur |
Actually, I'm gonna go ahead and destroy the initialism argument right here and now:
Initialisms are types of acronyms, and what separates them is that initialisms are strictly the initial letters of each word of the acronym, where an acronym can sometimes contain whole syllables, such as in the word radar.
Now which one is TOTA? Well, it stands for TOronto Trance Addict, so it can't be an initialism because it uses a whole syllable from the word Toronto.
Hence, it's an acronym.
Hence, you say it as you read it.
Hence, it's toe-tah.
Q.E.D. |
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| geroin |
its toe tah
not tee ohh tee ey
same like NATO like cosmic fur mentioned |
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| EvilTree |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cosmic Fur
Actually, I'm gonna go ahead and destroy the initialism argument right here and now:
Initialisms are types of acronyms, and what separates them is that initialisms are strictly the initial letters of each word of the acronym, where an acronym can sometimes contain whole syllables, such as in the word radar.
Now which one is TOTA? Well, it stands for TOronto Trance Addict, so it can't be an initialism because it uses a whole syllable from the word Toronto.
Hence, it's an acronym.
Hence, you say it as you read it.
Hence, it's toe-tah.
Q.E.D. |
And I thought T.O stood for Toronto, Ontario, therefore TOTA means Toronto, Ontario, Trance Addicts. |
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| geroin |
| quote: | Originally posted by EvilTree
And I thought T.O stood for Toronto, Ontario, therefore TOTA means Toronto, Ontario, Trance Addicts. |
no, to stands for toronto
like flta or nyta |
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| FunkyGroove |
| quote: | Originally posted by geroin
no, to stands for toronto
like flta or nyta |
check pm! |
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| eieregooie |
| quote: | Originally posted by EvilTree
And I thought T.O stood for Toronto, Ontario, therefore TOTA means Toronto, Ontario, Trance Addicts. |
Still, it's tranceaddict, not trance addict (A) |
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| simms327 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Swamper
You're a T.O. T.A. - hence - pronouncing each letter, despite taking longer, is the proper form. :)
See, you say TAs (Tee-Ehs) and you say Toronto Tee-Ehs or NYTAs (N Y Tee Ehs) so why not Tee Oh Tee Ehs ? Eh?
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i win!!
P.S. I love this abomination of a thread that I have created... |
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| Swamper |
| Toe-Tah sounds like a Fat Yoda |
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| DigitalMP |
| quote: | Originally posted by eieregooie
Still, it's tranceaddict, not trance addict (A) |
maybe he wasn't referring to the website. |
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