Re: Does anybody else recognize SPQR as a flawed acronym?

On 1/31/2024 6:52 AM, Peter Ross wrote:

On Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 11:25:06 AM UTC-8, Bebercito wrote:

Le samedi 27 janvier 2024 à 06:46:51 UTC+1, bozo de niro a écrit :

But "Senātus Populusque Rōmānus" (three words) does not equal SPQR (four words).
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Does anybody know Latin well enough to fix and Transliterate SPQR to four corresponding words?

Senātus Populus _Que_ Rōmānus"
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The reason the initialism has four letters is that the added -que to "Populus" ("Populusque")
is a Latin enclitic that means "and" and can arguably be considered a separate word.

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And does anybody else appreciate that SPQR appears to transliterate to the sound and word for "SPEAKER"?

SPQR is an initialism, not an acronym, and as such is pronounced as individual letters.

 Thanks for that.  Tried to Look it up but couldn't find it.

Both initialisms and acronyms are abbreviations formed using the first letters of words or phrases. However, there's a key difference in how they are pronounced:
Initialism: Each letter of the abbreviation is pronounced individually.
Example: FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) is pronounced "eff-bee-eye."
Other examples: USA (United States of America), ASAP (as soon as possible), VIP (Very Important Person)
                          ASAP ???