Aside: I’d always heard the abbreviation for laceration, “lac”, pronounced as lack on er (my medical authority!) as in, “he has a giant scalp ‘lack’”. Then on Grey’s Anatomy last night, they pronounce it “lass” which actually makes more sense.
Which medical show is more accurate on this particular issue?
I’m not even going to try to figure out what the hell you’re going on about here, but it should be noted that Greek doesn’t have a “soft G” sound. I’m not sure why you made reference to a Greek word (which you incomprehensible wrote in the Roman alphabet, not the Greek one), but quite obviously if you are worried about Greek pronunciation, than you recognize that “giga-” with a “hard G” is correct, and that the “soft G” pronunciation is therefore obviously a sign of illiteracy and ignorance of history.
Well, I did learn what I asked, anyway: “mic” seems to come from the techie abbreviation. What surprises me is how prevalent it’s been for so long! I hadn’t noticed “mic” till the past few years, have always seen “Mike.”
Since we can’t kill mic, maybe we can start a drive for mic.?
Well, of course they’re treating Eve nicer. I mean, it’s EVE. Abusing her is like publically dissing Galadriel. You can do it–using the literal meaning of “can”–but you’d best be prepared to have your head chopped off and to find yourself pumped full of arrows at the same moment.
Sigh. I do believe the mike/mic has become a generational divide. Googling “open mike” yielded 1.48 megahits, while “open mic” scored 7.49 megahits.
The tide has definitely been turned by the consarn whippersnappers, but we — the few, the proud, the stubborn — will resist on the ramparts, armed only with our pride, Eve’s blessing, and a quiver of mixed metaphors. :: sound of distant bugle::
Have you ever seen a calendar where the last 2 months are abbreviated “Nove” and “Decce”? I personally think that these rules that you speak of are out the window for abbreviations.
