can we get our acronyms right?

[MissMillie]

SC = South Carolina

SCOTUS = The Supreme Court of the United States




I keep wondering why South Carolina is such a hot topic when I look at the thread titles.

[FakeNoose]

1. Also it's important to remember that the 50 states each have their own Supreme Court

SCOTUS only refers to the federal Supreme Court in Washington.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

2. So...

The South Carolina Supreme Court would be SCSC?

[MissMillie]

4. works for me..SCoSC

SCoPA, SCoMT.... that all works

[EYESORE 9001]

5. For Utah...

SCoUT.

[MissMillie]

3. Fair enough

but the posts I see using "SC" are posts about the Supreme Court.

[unblock]

9. Kinda sorta not really for New York

New York is odd in that they call their trial courts the Supreme Court.

The highest court in New York is the court of appeals

[unblock]

6. Point of terminology

SC is an initialism because you read out each letter

SCOTUS is an acronym because you pronounce the initials as a word

Anagram is when you scramble the letters of a word or phrase, ideally into another word or phrase.

[MissMillie]

8. you're right, of course

I'll fix it.

[dameatball]

7. This has never bothered me. Now I am sitting here trying to decide if it really does bother me but

I never realized it.

[Chainfire]

10. Consider the context and it will become clear

[Srkdqltr]

11. Acronyms are for people

Who don't understand poltsyllabic words???

[eppur_se_muova]

12. ECOTUS more appropriate, but I hear the kids like XCOTUS. nt

[johnp3907]

13. I always wonder about acronyms.

I always thought the point was to simply things, both for the writer and the reader. But I find it simpler to read and type things like Supreme Court or President than to use the established acronyms. But then again I’m also the one who always says this is the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen online: Someone thanked someone, but instead of ”Thank you” they spelled it “Thank u,” but for emphasis they typed the “u” three times. So they couldn’t be bothered to type all three letters in “you” but they can…type “u” … three times…?