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Another classic that just might belong here is A Confederacy of Dunces. I didn't laugh once reading it, hardly smiled. Yet it's lauded as a timeless classic at the apex of humorous prose. I'd rather read Wodehouse. |
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05-24-2022, 03:03 PM | #137 | |
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Wodehouse is nonpareil. |
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05-25-2022, 12:14 AM | #138 |
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Oh good, I'm glad I needn't bother with Confederacy. However, I am enjoying working my way through Wodehouse.
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05-25-2022, 06:52 AM | #139 |
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LeVar Burton's adult book club on Fable is reading Confederacy right now. I love LeVar Burton reads and am a child of the original Reading Rainbow, but I won't be going behind a paywall to see if the man himself can bring something new to me for Confederacy.
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05-25-2022, 12:49 PM | #140 |
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05-25-2022, 01:53 PM | #141 |
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Wodehouse invented acronyms, TBH.
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05-25-2022, 03:15 PM | #143 | |
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If they were used in telegraphy, a non-spoken medium, how can they NOT be plain old initialisms? |
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I'm sure acronyms in English predate telegraphic era and Wodehouse, though many txt speak abbreviations actually were first used with Morse and later Telegrams. It's inevitable some abbreviations are pronounced and are similar to or actual words. Cam be hard sometimes to know if deliberate acronyms or retronyms, Till more recent times retronyms were called acronyms. Acrostics are sometimes acronyms.
Ancient Romans and Greeks used them. The Church used them from earliest times. The acronym ikhthū́s is over 1900 years old. Greek for fish and the initials mean Quote:
But Wodehouse is still a genius. Last edited by Quoth; 05-25-2022 at 03:23 PM. |
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Speaking is nothing to do with it. Also telegraphic messages might be dictated and telegrams would be read to others. Also the number of acronyms in a language in time correlates with written usage, not oral use. A rise in Literacy creates them.
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If you have evidence to contradict the Wikipedia article's claim that the word-type acronyms in English are a purely 20th century thing, I'm sure it would make for an interesting thread of it own in some other section. Last edited by ApK; 05-25-2022 at 03:43 PM. |
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Don't know if its been mentioned here but The Great Gatsby has to be included. I found it a dreadful pretentious pile of poo. Same with Picture of Dorien Grey
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