ABBREVIATION ORIGIN?

[Dennis Alwon]

Well EKG

EKG=Elektrokardiogramm (German spelling)

I bet ckt comes from the greek or something like that. Or it may be it just sounds appropriate with the K.

 

[K8MHZ]

What about 'I' for current?

(I know, just wondering how many others do)

 

[Dennis Alwon]

What about 'I' for current?

(I know, just wondering how many others do)

I think it comes from the French for Intensity-- Intensite-- the e has an accent

 

[K8MHZ]

I think it comes from the French for Intensity-- Intensite-- the e has an accent

We have a winner!!!

 

[big john]

I like CKT.

Think of two vanity license plates:
OPN CKT
OPN CCT

Why one phonetically says "Open Circuit"?

-John

 

[George Stolz]

I always use ckt for abbreviation, until now I never noticed the lack of a k in circuit. And now that I've noticed I don't really care.

Hear hear! And come to think of it, most lectrcians are lousy spellers.

 

[Little Bill]

I have seen both cct and, less frequently, ckt.
Why bother?
Either saves just three letters.
Just type the whole word.

As you stated in another thread, you are an excellent speller. But you're lacking in math.

C I R C U I T = 7
C K T = 3
difference = 4
:angel:

 

[jumper]

Hear hear! And come to think of it, most lectrcians are lousy spellers.

WII is knot and hour gammer r prefect.

I think I killed a few brain cells writing that.

 

[jumper]

As you stated in another thread, you are an excellent speller. But you're lacking in math.

C I R C U I T = 7
C K T = 3
difference = 4
:angel:

Too funny.:thumbsup:

 

[Besoeker]

As you stated in another thread, you are an excellent speller. But you're lacking in math.

C I R C U I T = 7
C K T = 3
difference = 4
:angel:

Yes, I knew some bright spark would pick up on that sooner or later....I'm just surprised that it took so long!
So back at yah!

 

[K8MHZ]

As you stated in another thread, you are an excellent speller. But you're lacking in math.

C I R C U I T = 7
C K T = 3
difference = 4
:angel:

With de-rating, 3.

 

[Besoeker]

With de-rating, 3.

Yeah!!!
Exonerated.


And my maths skills? Oh well....

There was a mathematician named Hall
Who had a hexahdronical ball
The cube of its weight
Twice his pecker plus eight
Was four fifths of five eights of sod all*



*British slang for nothing at all. Sod, grassy turf. But often used in British slang to replace a rather more vulgar four-letter word.
"Sod off" doesn't mean lift the turf.

Mods, I know it's off topic but I think we need a bit of levity from time to time.

 

[K8MHZ]

Yeah!!!
Exonerated.


And my maths skills? Oh well....

There was a mathematician named Hall
Who had a hexahdronical ball
The cube of its weight
Twice his pecker plus eight
Was four fifths of five eights of sod all*



*British slang for nothing at all. Sod, grassy turf. But often used in British slang to replace a rather more vulgar four-letter word.
"Sod off" doesn't mean lift the turf.

Mods, I know it's off topic but I think we need a bit of levity from time to time.

So what you are saying is

There was a mathematician named Hall
Who had a hexahedronical ball
The cube of its weight
Twice his pecker plus eight
Was one half of nothing at all.

There.

Fixed your spelling AND your math.

 

[Besoeker]

So what you are saying is

There was a mathematician named Hall
Who had a hexahedronical ball
The cube of its weight
Twice his pecker plus eight
Was one half of nothing at all.

There.

Fixed your spelling AND your math.

And messed up the metre.
Whilst it isn't a classical Iambic Pentameter, the original words better fitted the Limerick

 

[K8MHZ]

And messed up the metre.
Whilst it isn't a classical Iambic Pentameter, the original words better fitted the Limerick

Limericks aren't true iambic pentameters, anyway. Lines 1,2 and 5 of a limerick have 7 beats, while only lines 3 and 4 have 5 beats.

 

[Besoeker]

Limericks aren't true iambic pentameters, anyway.

That was my point.
But we are wandering away from the topic.
Abbreviations.

 

[K8MHZ]

That was my point.
But we are wandering away from the topic.
Abbreviations.

OK

 

[zbang]

Since one of the favorite topics for hairsplitting is English usage...

from Wikipedia (emphasis added)

An abbreviation (from Latin brevis, meaning short) is a shortened form of a word or phrase. Usually, but not always, it consists of a letter or group of letters taken from the word or phrase. For example, the word abbreviation can itself be represented by the abbreviation abbr., abbrv. or abbrev.

In strict analysis, abbreviations should not be confused with contractions or acronyms (including initialisms), with which they share some semantic and phonetic functions, though all three are connoted by the term "abbreviation" in loose parlance. An abbreviation is a shortening by any method; a contraction is a reduction of size by the drawing together of the parts. A contraction of a word is made by omitting certain letters or syllables and bringing together the first and last letters or elements; an abbreviation may be made either by omitting certain portions from the interior or by cutting off a part. A contraction is an abbreviation, but an abbreviation is not necessarily a contraction. However, normally acronyms are regarded as a subgroup of abbreviations (e.g. by the Council of Science Editors).

(IIRC, contractions are also known as suspensions in non-North American English.)

So CKT is a valid abbreviation, but not a valid contraction, of circuit.

Now, if we could only get people to use the proper cite/site/sight.

 

[Besoeker]

OK

VG

 

[iwire]

Now, if we could only get people to use the proper cite/site/sight.

How about we just eliminate two of them and call it a day.