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Wed 25 Feb, 2015 11:10 am
My dictionary gives out three pronunciations from three sources: AHD, D.J. and K.K.. AHD stands for American Heritage Dictionary. What does D.J. and K.K. stand for?
Context:
mimicry
AHD
D.J.
K.K.
n.
pl. mim.ic.ries;
The act, practice, or art of mimicking.
An instance of mimicking.
Biology
The resemblance of one organism to another or to an object in its surroundings for concealment and protection from predators.
@oristarA,
Interesting...
I found one site that explains that D.J. is British pronunciation phonetic symbols and K. K. is American pronunciation phonetic symbols.
Does that make sense in your context?
@oristarA,
oristarA wrote:My dictionary gives out three pronunciations from three sources: AHD, D.J. and K.K..
Somewhere in the dictionary (probably at at the beginning or end) these abbreviations will be explained.
@boomerang,
boomerang wrote:
Interesting...
I found one site that explains that D.J. is British pronunciation phonetic symbols and K. K. is American pronunciation phonetic symbols.
Does that make sense in your context?
Abbreviations for what?
Why not give us the link to the site?
@contrex,
contrex wrote:
oristarA wrote:My dictionary gives out three pronunciations from three sources: AHD, D.J. and K.K..
Somewhere in the dictionary (probably at at the beginning or end) these abbreviations will be explained.
Not in this case. I've been using the dictionary for more than ten years.
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