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Anaris

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Re: Acronyms
« Topic Start: November 27, 2012, 01:43:47 PM »
Mmmm... Medieval Acronyms?... Yes, Abbreviations and Acronyms were used for almost all kind of things.

I have a medieval crux with these inscriptions:

__C__
__S__
NDSMD
__M__
__L__

And with SMQLIVB - VRSNSMV all around.

Yes, but nobody would try to pronounce those as words. Which makes them period-appropriate abbreviations, not much-more-modern acronyms.
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