"I will answer you ASAP"
,
"click on the FAQ tab"
,
"the website complies with the RGPD"
,
"I went to see my ENT"
Molière would be amazed.
We speak using letters, which form words ... and acronyms.
It is enough to pay attention to the language of the younger generations to verify it:
"lol"
,
"askip"
,
"mdr"
... And they are not the only ones!
These assemblages of letters dot administrative papers, websites, newspaper titles ... To lose one's Latin.
Did you know that
“acronym”
and
“acronym”
do not mean quite the same thing?
The first comes from the Low Latin
sigla
,
"abbreviation"
, formed
"by a series of letters which are the initials of a group of words"
.
The acronym, of which
“onyme”
means
“which bears a name”
, is a
“substantive whose origin is an acronym, but which is pronounced like an ordinary word”
.
Acronyms such as USSR or NATO (in upper or lower case) have entered the everyday use of our language.
Are you unbeatable on their meaning?
Le Figaro
suggests that you check it with this test.