 Re: I'm certain there's a word for it
yes, I was thinking the same thing at first. It's rather odd how this situation is used rather frequently yet we're so stuck on it!
I came across a few potential solutions but wound up at a dead end:
Grammalogue is a shorthand that refers to something, like the copyright sign or the ampersand (&) which refers to the word "and."
Logogram is a sign or character that represents a word or idea. Like the red octagon represents the Stop sign in traffic control.
A Phonogram has 3 meanings: either it's a graphic curve that depicts the duration of a sound (like the 440 sine wave of the note A on a keyboard [below middle C]) OR it's a written character or symbol that represents a spoken sound (like with hieroglyphics), OR it could be a telegram that the sender dictates over the phone--something that we quit doing in the 60's!
Nothing yet...still looking. grr... |