Abbreviations and Numbers

When are the use of abbreviations, numbers and symbols allowed in true Lexigramming?

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Are abbreviations, numbers, and symbols allowed in a Lexigram?

Question:

Is it OK to use MT. for mountain or MIN. for minute, or PA for a state in a lexigram or is that cheating?

My name contains the abbreviations but NOT the whole words.

Answer:

Generally I would say NO.
Some see it as OK.
Let me explain:

A person asked me if they were going to get A.I.D.S. because A-I-D-S was in their name.

I told them that abbreviations only count if you do have the full version within your name.

This person did not have ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME in their name.

So no, I would not recommend it, and it.
One can abbreviate far too many words and in a nutshell if the entire word is not in your name, it is not valid.

I will say though that certain words are more acceptable such as OK=okay, TV=television.
However TV can also be transvestite, trans voice, and so forth.
So even those are not strictly speaking valid unless the entire word can be found within your name, phrase or whatever you are trying to Lexigram.

The same goes for adding numbers!
If one does not have for example the word TWELVE in their name they should not add a 12
to their Lexigram.
No matter how much they may desire a number that is not found within their name, well desiring it does not make it true.
I hope that made sense.

Reply:

LEXX-

it makes lots of sense to me.

for example my name contains TEN, ONE, TWO, YEAR,MANY. if i am trying to get to the total of 13 without stating that number can i say TEN YEAR, ONE YEAR, TWO YEAR? or does that fall under what you were explaining about the number 12?

would it be best to simply state MANY A YEAR

My reply:

Wonderful!
Yes! That is exactly how to do it!
Also the use of synonyms and or as you did for "TWELVE" a phrase substitution!

Here are a few examples of substitutions to replace not allowed words:

The following is the corrected version followed by the corrections which need done to make it into a true Lexigram!

*** = words edited from original entry

IRS
AN INTENSE, UNEVEN TALE
***AVER IT!
A VIRUS, IRATE
SERVE IT!
VISIT IT
****EVER ***IN ***ANNI
REVERSE! REVERSE!

IT CAN RAISE US
IT CAN SERVE US
LET IT RISE IN TRUE SERVICE
A RARE SUN AS A RIVER, SUIT IT IN TRUE SERVICE
LINEAR, VERTICAL
ITS LUSTER IS A RARE, VERNAL,
***VENUSIAN SUN
TURN A STAR! RAISE IT! USE IT!

My advice was:

You need to set off the extra "S" in ASSERT.
Also did you mean Venusian, not Venutian?
You could replace YEAR with ANNI or ANNUS!

quote:


Annum is a Latin noun meaning yea. It is the accusative singular of the second declension masculine noun annus (nominative), anni (genitive) [1].


And replace ASSERT with AVER!

quote:


a·ver (-vûr)
tr.v. a·verred, a·ver·ring, a·vers
1. To affirm positively; declare.
2. Law
a. To assert formally as a fact.
b. To justify or prove.
[Middle English averren, from Old French averer, from Vulgar Latin *advrre : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin vrus, true; see wr-o- in Indo-European roots.]


The word EVERY is a bit trickier to replace however. One could essentially go archaically with simply
EVER.

quote:


ever
O.E. æfre, no cognates in any other Gmc. language; perhaps a contraction of a in feore, lit. "ever in life" (the expression a to fore is common in O.E. writings). First element is almost certainly related to O.E. a "always, ever," from P.Gmc. *aiwo, from PIE *aiw- "vital force, life, long life, eternity." Evermore is O.E. æfre ma; in ref. to trees and shrubs, evergreen is from 1644, figurative sense from 1796; Everglades is from 1827, U.S., perhaps from sense of "interminable."

They replied:

LEXX,

You are such a great resource. Thank you for those suggestions! I think they're perfect and I will edit my entry now.

Blessings...

I replied

You now have a "Perfect" Lexigram!
PS.Your addition of the allowed word "IN" to create this phrase, to replace the not allowed phrase,
"EVERY YEAR"
was very good!:
*EVER *IN *ANNI

Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!

They replied:

Thanks to you, love “N”


*Punctuation is always allowed!

However using "?" in lieu of the

word "question" is not.

Or any other punctuation mark.