Showing posts with label Batwing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Batwing. Show all posts

Tuesday, 10 April 2012

When Is An Abbreviation Not An Abbreviation?

When it takes longer to say the abbreviation rather than the word being abbreviated.

Prime example from last week's Justice League International #8:


Seriously - say Booster's dialogue out loud and count the syllables as you do.

"B.W." = four syllables; "Batwing" = two.

It may take less space on the page to write, but it takes longer to say it. And to compound matters, Booster does it twice in the same issue.

It's a little thing, but it's annoying.

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