I think they're still words, basing on the way they're used. Just like 'ok' can be considered a word, like 'okay'.Ravenous wrote:If you want to go that route, are abbreviations still words or are they just semantic constructs?Super Läzuli wrote:Technically it's an acronym.
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Words are also semantic constructs, as is language.Ravenous wrote:If you want to go that route, are abbreviations still words or are they just semantic constructs?Super Läzuli wrote:Technically it's an acronym.
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I don't think we are using the word in the same context.Worthington wrote:Words are also semantic constructs, as is language.Ravenous wrote:If you want to go that route, are abbreviations still words or are they just semantic constructs?Super Läzuli wrote:Technically it's an acronym.
I mean semantic as it exists within language, not as it exists independently of language.

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Semantics is just the study of meaning; ergo language is a semantic construct.Ravenous wrote:I don't think we are using the word in the same context.Worthington wrote:Words are also semantic constructs, as is language.Ravenous wrote:If you want to go that route, are abbreviations still words or are they just semantic constructs?Super Läzuli wrote:Technically it's an acronym.
I mean semantic as it exists within language, not as it exists independently of language.
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Where's the like button on this thingWaytfm wrote:Alright kids. Stop fussing or I'll turn this car around.
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now THIS is what a off-topic thread is supposed to look like ^_^
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Worthington wrote:Here:TheCynic wrote:Where's the like button on this thingWaytfm wrote:Alright kids. Stop fussing or I'll turn this car around.

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Sorry, I must do this...
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You, sir, have made my day ^^"TheLastMelody wrote:Sorry, I must do this...
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Nickelception? o.ORavenous wrote:I had to do it. http://look-at-this-photograph.com/?pho ... 1agswy.jpg
<alabaster> I don't like it that big.

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I could do it again, too lazy to open paint...Ravenous wrote:I had to do it. http://look-at-this-photograph.com/?pho ... 1agswy.jpg
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