hazelm Posted June 10, 2017 Report Share Posted June 10, 2017 Hypography - I know what it means in math but that's all Google or Bing can come up with. Even Oxford doesn't have it. Please explain the meaning of "hypography", especially in relation to a forum. I can't let go of it. :-) Thank you. hazelm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrKrettin Posted June 11, 2017 Report Share Posted June 11, 2017 The word is the English noun derived from the Greek verb ὑπο-γράφω meaning to write under, to add an inscription, to subscribe. hazelm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazelm Posted June 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2017 Thank you, DrKrettin. So, it is simply a take-off from the math definition - all that below what is shown on the graph. I do enjoy learning new words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted June 11, 2017 Report Share Posted June 11, 2017 The definition is on our main page. What is Hypography?Hypography?Hypography [n.]: A combination of "hyperlink" and "bibliography" - ie, a list of links to electronic documents. Comparable to discography and bibliography, but not cartography. JMJones0424 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazelm Posted June 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2017 Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanctus Posted June 12, 2017 Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 And in case you wonder, in the early days hypography was just like Turtle posted, it later morphed into a forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrKrettin Posted June 12, 2017 Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 The definition is on our main page. A combination of "hyperlink" and "bibliography" - ie, a list of links to electronic documents. Comparable to discography and bibliography, but not cartography I've never seen a main page. If I may say so, as a portmanteau word of hyperlink and bibliography, the meaning of hyper (=above, Latin super) has been corrupted to hypo (=below, Latin sub). Hypergraphy would have been the natural formation. exchemist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exchemist Posted June 12, 2017 Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 (edited) I've never seen a main page. If I may say so, as a portmanteau word of hyperlink and bibliography, the meaning of hyper (=above, Latin super) has been corrupted to hypo (=below, Latin sub). Hypergraphy would have been the natural formation.The similarity of hyper- and hypo- is an unfortunate source of confusion and misapplication in many contexts. Most people, I suspect, have no idea they are opposites. (I have a somewhat similar problem with my pronounciation on "dessus" and "dessous" in French.) Edited June 12, 2017 by exchemist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrKrettin Posted June 12, 2017 Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 The similarity of hyper- and hypo- is an unfortunate source of confusion and misapplication in many contexts. Most people, I suspect, have no idea they are opposites. Yes, particularly in medical expressions, such as hyperthermia and hypothermia; hypertension and hypotension. Importance differences methinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazelm Posted June 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 hyper = above; hypo = below. Big difference. Good morning. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted June 13, 2017 Report Share Posted June 13, 2017 I've never seen a main page. If I may say so, as a portmanteau word of hyperlink and bibliography, the meaning of hyper (=above, Latin super) has been corrupted to hypo (=below, Latin sub). Hypergraphy would have been the natural formation.Erhm, the 'main page' is what is displayed for the address www.scienceforums.com. Scroll down a bit and look in the right column. Let's not try and corrupt fun. ;) JMJones0424 and Buffy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffy Posted June 13, 2017 Report Share Posted June 13, 2017 I have always said that coming up with product names is by far the most fraught and time-consuming thing you have to do in marketing. It's pronounced "jif," :phones:Buffy Turtle and JMJones0424 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrKrettin Posted June 13, 2017 Report Share Posted June 13, 2017 Erhm, the 'main page' is what is displayed for the address www.scienceforums.com. Scroll down a bit and look in the right column. Let's not try and corrupt fun. ;) Well, waddya know? I've never scrolled down that far. I'm hopeless at navigating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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