It's Not an Acronym

[kevin_standlee]

I wonder why so many places where I see references to the top honors in the SF/F field presented by the members of the World Science Fiction Convention, the writers of the articles feel compelled to style it "HUGO Award" as if "HUGO" was an acronym. The "Hugo" in "Hugo Award" isn't an acronym. As I hope everyone reading my journal regularly knows, the Award is named for Hugo Gernsback, sometimes called "the father of modern science fiction."

At this rate, I reckon we'll see people trying to back-form a "real" name for the Awards that somehow fits into the letters H-U-G-O.

Comments

[kalimac.livejournal.com]

Hilariously Unusable Golfing Object.

Come on, someone else can do better than that.

[k6rfm.livejournal.com]

At least the New York Times got it right in this morning's obituary for Joanna Russ.

[nojay.livejournal.com]

I note with some amusement that the Official Hugo Award Logo (tm) Kevin uses as the icon for this post has the word "HUGO" in capitals.

[alexmc.livejournal.com]

"Hugo's Usually Gernsback, OK?"

[stevegreen.livejournal.com]

And, of course, "Hugo" is just a nickname in any case, for the World Science Fiction Achievement Award.