Letter Spelling
Symbol | $
Definition | The act of spelling out a word letter-by-letter or an abbreviation
Description | Often, a speaker may spell a word letter-by-letter - actually pronouncing each component letter by name - for clarification and correct writing. An abbreviation may also consist of letters. These two instances are annotated with the dollar symbol [$]. In order to differentiate from letters, words that are acronyms and pronounced or spoken as words - such as OPEC, ASCII, etc. - are not annotated. If a name consists of spelled letters, a hyphen connects these letters so as to treat them as one lexical unit.
When to use [$]
| When the word is spelled out letter-by-letter When letters are part of an abbreviation
Rules for Transcribing the [$]
| 1. Every spelled-out letter must begin with [$]. ex: my name is ~Dan , $D $A $N . 2.Each letter is separated by a white space. ex: how do you spell fiat ? $F $I $A $T . 3. Single letters pronounced as a part of an abbreviation or compound word are marked with a [$], but are connected with a hyphen, rather than a white space. ex: $S-$U-$V, $S-Bahn 4. Abbreviated proper nouns are annotated with the tilda [~]. ex: ~$L-$T-$I
Examples | 1. and you won't see my picture on the ~$L-$T-$I most wanted up there , when they put them all on the wall .
| 2. he writes grammars and things . he is doing a ~CPoF-grammar
| 3. ~Suvotai , $S $U $V $O $T $A $$I
| 4. When an abbreviation is treated in the possessive, an apostrophe 's' is added to the abbreviation. so , what is ~$I-$S-$L's goal in all of this ? what do they do ?
| 5. But if the abbreviation is made plural, only an 's,' and no apostrophe, is added , as in: $P-$Cs change so much , it is no longer true .