Some alphabetisms are written as if they weren't alphabetisms at all, like deejay for DJ, disc jockey, or emcee for MC, master of ceremonies.
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Alphabetism
Synonyms for "alphabetism" (1 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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4 translations across 4 languages.
French
1 entries- alphabétisme noun (form of discrimination)
German
1 entries- Alphabetismus noun (form of literacy)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- alfabetizam noun (form of discrimination)
Spanish
1 entries- alfabetismo noun (form of discrimination)
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Some of the activities involved in ... corvée and military needs stimulated the spread of a certain type of minimal alphabetism for inventorying and most likely encouraged the development of a professional scribalism for record-keeping and book-keeping.
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The answer, I suggest, is that phonemism is rooted in alphabetism. Indeed, many linguists have suggested that there really is a /g/ phoneme at the end of 'fang' and other [ŋ]-final words in English, except that they are not pronounced!
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The injustice of "alphabetism" is, of course, a thorn in the Zitser side, and he playfully promises to assign the problem to "alphabetically neutral" aides.
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