This funny thing landed in my email
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Συμβαίνει και στη δίγλωσση (;) Ουαλία:
http://www.blackandwhitecat.org/2008/11/01/beyond-chinglish-and-gyfieithu/
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Dear employees,
Due to the current financial situation caused by the slowdown of economy, Management has decided to implement a scheme to put workers of 40 years of age and above on early retirement. This scheme will be known as RAPE (Retire Aged People Early).
Persons selected to be RAPED can apply to management to be eligible for the SHAFT scheme (Special Help After Forced Termination). Persons who have been RAPED and SHAFTED will be reviewed under the SCREW programme (Scheme Covering Retired Early Workers). A person may be RAPED once, SHAFTED twice and SCREWED as many times as Management deems appropriate.
Persons who have been RAPED can only get AIDS (Additional Income for Dependants & Spouse) or HERPES (Half Earnings for Retired Personnel Early Severance).
Obviously persons who have AIDS or HERPES will not be SHAFTED or SCREWED any further by Management.
Persons who are not RAPED and are staying on will receive as much SHIT (Special High Intensity Training) as possible. Management has always prided itself on the amount of SHIT it gives employees. Should you feel that you do not receive enough SHIT, please bring to the attention of your Supervisor. They have been trained to give you all the SHIT you can get.
Thanx, Chris!
Due to the current financial situation caused by the slowdown of economy, Management has decided to implement a scheme to put workers of 40 years of age and above on early retirement. This scheme will be known as RAPE (Retire Aged People Early).
Persons selected to be RAPED can apply to management to be eligible for the SHAFT scheme (Special Help After Forced Termination). Persons who have been RAPED and SHAFTED will be reviewed under the SCREW programme (Scheme Covering Retired Early Workers). A person may be RAPED once, SHAFTED twice and SCREWED as many times as Management deems appropriate.
Persons who have been RAPED can only get AIDS (Additional Income for Dependants & Spouse) or HERPES (Half Earnings for Retired Personnel Early Severance).
Obviously persons who have AIDS or HERPES will not be SHAFTED or SCREWED any further by Management.
Persons who are not RAPED and are staying on will receive as much SHIT (Special High Intensity Training) as possible. Management has always prided itself on the amount of SHIT it gives employees. Should you feel that you do not receive enough SHIT, please bring to the attention of your Supervisor. They have been trained to give you all the SHIT you can get.
Thanx, Chris!
Αυτό, αλλά και τα υπόλοιπα της ανακοίνωσης, είναι τα λεγόμενα bacronyms. Ας πούμε «αντίστροφα ακρωνύμια» ή «ανακρωνύμια» ή «υστερωνύμια» (πρωτολογισμοί). (Κάθε άλλη πρόταση ή διόρθωση, όχι απλώς δεκτή αλλά άκρως επιθυμητή.)
A backronym (or bacronym) is a "reverse acronym," that is a phrase constructed "after the fact" to make an already existing word or words into an acronym. Backronyms may be invented with serious or humorous intent, or may be a type of false or folk etymology. The word is a portmanteau combining back and acronym, first cited in a 1983 Washington Post column and defined as the 'same as an acronym, except that the words were chosen to fit the letters.
Στις λεξιπλασίες μπορείτε να παίξετε και με το μπακουρωνύμιο...
Οι προτάσεις για «αντίστροφο ακρωνύμιο» και «ανακρωνύμιο» ως απόδοση του bac(k)ronym δεν μου κάθονται πολύ καλά (ίσως φοβούμαι σύγχυση μεταξύ της έννοιας της αντιστροφής και της πραγματικά σκοπούμενης σημασίας τους). Το «υστερωνύμιο» πάντως μου αρέσει. Εγώ προτείνω τα εξής:
- «Τελεωνύμιο» από το τελε(ο)- < τέλος (=σκοπός) + (ακρ)ωνύμιο. Το σκεπτικό της πρότασής μου αυτής είναι ότι το backronym εξυπηρετεί έναν σκοπό: να μετατρέψει μία υφιστάμενη λέξη σε ακρωνύμιο, μέσω της επιλογής κατάλληλων λέξεων προς τούτο (ανάλογα με το αν πρόκειται για χιουμοριστικό backronym ή όχι). Επίσης μου αρέσει που η σημερινή σημασία της λέξης τέλος (=το ύστατο σημείο) βρίσκεται πολύ κοντά στο back (=το οπίσθιο σημείο).
- «Οπισθωνύμιο», που μου φαίνεται το πιο πιστό σε καταλέξη απόδοση του backronym. Το σκεπτικό της πρότασής μου αυτής είναι ότι έτσι διασφαλίζεται η αντιστρεψιμότητα μεταξύ των δύο όρων ώστε να μπορέσει να υιοθετηθεί πιο εύκολα από όσους γνωρίζουν τη σημασία τού backronym (κάτι ανάλογο με το δίδυμο διαδίκτυο-internet).
Ο αντμίν κάνει τα χατίρια: Η συνέχεια εδώ.
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Costas
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Εκεί προς το 0.40;
