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To determine what counts as abbreviation

認識何謂英文縮寫 (abbreviations)


 T : Thomas  P : Peter


 

P : Excuse me, Sir. Do you have a minute to spare?

 

T : Hello Peter. What can I do for you?

 

P : Can you tell me what’s common to these groups of letters? Like: KOL, WFH, WHO, IG, HSBC, KFC.

 

T : Sure. KOL, WFH, WHO, IG, HSBC, KFC, and similar short forms, are what are called abbreviations in English. We just take the first letter of each of such words making up the phrase to give you the short form, like K-O-L taking K from the word Key, O from the word Opinion and L from the word Leader. And the same rule goes for the other examples.

 

P : So, K-O-L for Key Opinion Leader, W-F-H for Working from Home, I-G for Instagram; H-S-B-C for Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation; and K-F-C for Kentucky Fried Chickens?

 

T :Right. All correct! Your effort is very promising (speaking smilingly as if to himself ) !


 

P : 老師,不好意思,你有空嗎?

 

T : Peter,您好!我有甚麼事可以幫忙?

 

P : KOL,WFH,WHO,IG,HSBC,KFC等字有甚麼共通點?

 

T : 好的。它們都是「縮寫」,英文稱為abbreviation。這些縮寫的組合是提取該詞組裡每個單詞的第一個英文字母來組成。以K-O-L為例,從單詞Key中取出K,從單詞Opinion中取出O,從單詞Leader中取出L。同樣的規則也適用於其他例子。

 

P : 所以,W-F-H是Working from Home的縮寫,Instagram的縮寫是 I-G;香港上海匯豐銀行的英文縮寫是 H-S-B-C,以及肯德基炸雞的縮寫是 K-F-C。

 

T : 對,完全正確!孺子可教也!(老師欣慰地點頭微笑)