[OSM-talk-be] Afkortingen/Abbréviations

[Kurt Roeckx]

On Mon, Dec 09, 2013 at 10:06:45PM +0100, André Pirard wrote:
> On 2013-12-09 14:43, Jo wrote :
> > Hi,
> >
> > While adding bus stops, I'm inclined to expand the abbreviations. This
> > usually makes sense for
> > O.L.V (Onze-Lieve-Vrouw)
> > St. -> Sint- or straat
> > H. -> Heilig
> > ...
> >
> > Where I'd really prefer not to expand:
> >
> > OCMW / CPAS
> > P&R
> > BLOSO
> I think one must distinguish an *acronym*, which is a *proper noun*
> (normally preceded by "the") and is the *established* name of a single
> thing, from one or several abbreviated *common noun(s) *(normally
> preceded by 'a') which is/are the name(s) of a category of many things.
> The acronym is normally written without dots, the abbreviation with
> dots, so, if that rule is respected, our rule would come down to: don't
> use dots.

I would also say that things like "OCMW" always pronounced like
that, I would never says "O.L.V." or "St.".  I think the rule
should be is that we write it like we pronounce it, which would
give different results for things like "U.Z." than the no dot
rule.


Kurt