# Ano vs Anno

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ano-vs-anno/427842>\
**Category:** General Yo-Yo\
**Created:** [June 22, 2025, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ano-vs-anno/427842 "2025-06-22T13:24:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![SlacKing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@SlacKing](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SlacKing)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2025, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ano-vs-anno/427842/1 "2025-06-22T13:24:32Z")

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This is not meant to be a serious thread, but rather more of a curiosity: why do some people shorten anodization to “anno” when there’s only one ‘n’ in the full word? That’s not only making the abbreviated word longer than it has to be, but also spelling it less like the original. :thinking:

I’m reminded of this post here:

> [@I just dropped to my knees in walmart](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/i-just-dropped-to-my-knees-in-walmart/427015/4):
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> also still so odd to me that ppl started phonetically spelling out the abbreviation mc. like every other time ppl shorten words but someone looked at mc and said “that’s not enough letters” laughing

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**Author:** ![YoyoGeezer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyogeezer/32/755_2.png) [@YoyoGeezer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoyoGeezer)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2025, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ano-vs-anno/427842/2 "2025-06-22T13:38:06Z")

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I think it is shortened because ‘anodization’ is just such an awkward word. It is even hard to say in your mind. The extra ‘n’ is probably because we say it’s shortened form as ‘an’ and ‘no’; hence ‘anno’.

The word ‘ammo’ also gives a clue about pronunciation. Substituting the ‘n’ for the ‘m’ tells us how to pronounce this shortened form.

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**Author:** ![SlacKing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@SlacKing](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/SlacKing)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2025, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ano-vs-anno/427842/3 "2025-06-22T13:44:23Z")

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Yeah, I definitely get wanting to shorten it. I was more amused by the different ways people do so. Good explanation for anno.