Latintos

Latintos stands for "language transformations in texts and open sources." The LATINTOS BLOG highlights different spellings and different meanings of words, phrases and abbreviations as well as their origin. Latintos compares words in different contexts and different languages including scientific and formal languages. Further, name construction is analyzed and applications of systematic names and nomenclature systems are monitored.

Sunday, August 29, 2010

The English term “earworm”: a literal translation of the composed German noun “Ohrwurm”

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The compositum earworm is a literal translation of the German word Ohrwurm , referring to a musical form or phrase that hooks the mind and ...

D. L. Bliss State Park at Lake Tahoe in California named after Duane L. Bliss

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Duane L. Bliss was a pioneering lumberman, railroad owner, and banker of the Lake Tahoe area. Born in 1833 in Massachusetts, he came to Cal...
Friday, August 27, 2010

Antinomy versus antimony

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Antinomy and antimony are two words that very much look the same in print and also sound very similar, but their meanings differ widely. T...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Acronym in pharmaceutical chemistry: LTG for lamotrigine

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The acronym LTG denotes the anticonvulsant drug lamotrigine , a chemical compound with the IUPAC name 6-(2,3-dichlorophenyl)-1,2,4-triazine...
Thursday, August 19, 2010

Acronym in open source technology and publishing: OCW for OpenCourseWare

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OCW is short for OpenCourseWare , a term expressing academic content that has been used in teaching and made available by open access via t...
Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Acronym in chemistry: DMSP for dimethylsulfoniopropionate

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Dimethylsulfoniopropionate is a zwitterionic compound. Its IUPAC name is (dimethylsulfaniumyl)propanoate . For either name, the abbreviati...
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Acronym in imaging technology: UEM for ultrafast electron microscopy

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In nanoscience, UEM stands for ultrafast electron microscopy . This technology is applicable to studies in materials science, mineralogy, n...
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