Rsum for R ésumé

Thu Aug 5 02:58:25 UTC 2010

Maybe the person who contributed that definition to Urban Dictionary saw the
stupid-platform shortening and assumed that it was an intentional
shortening. u no, lk txt msgs.

m a m

On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Michael McKernan <mckernan51 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Subscribing to the online NYT, I receive emails containing links to
> headlin=
> e
> stories.  For at least a year, I've been noticing that these NYT emails
> always substitute rsum for r=E9sum=E9.  Thinking this was a "texting
> effect=
> " or
> something like that, I ignored it until today, when I checked a bunch of
> th=
> e
> emails against the actual stories in the online NYT.  What I found was that
> while the email would read:
>
> Editor's Impact Begins With a Capital O
> By JEREMY W. PETERS
> Susan Casey's rsum includes chasing great white
> sharks, but her latest challenge is remaking O magazine.
> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/02/business/media/02oprah.html?th&emc=3Dth
>
> the actual text of the article would use r=E9sum=E9, complete with accent
> m=
> arks.
>
> This made me realize that it was probably the email text generator which
> wa=
> s
> automatically removing the two accented e characters (unable to deal with
> them, I suppose) rather than a writer or editor deliberately choosing to
> us=
> e
> "rsum."
>
> A search of ADS-L archives does not show any discussion of rsum.
>
> But googling rsum does show some usage of this truncation (along with
> considerable discussion of the unrelated programming variable "rsum"):
>
> Resume Ideas For Accounting Infusing Your Accounting *Rsum* With
> *...*<
> http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Resume-Ideas-For-Accounting-Infu=
> sing-Your-Accounting-Rsum-With-Quantifiable-Results/1372658<http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Resume-Ideas-For-Accounting-Infu=%0Asing-Your-Accounting-Rsum-With-Quantifiable-Results/1372658>
> >
> Jul 24, 2010 *...* As the job market continues to be about as tight as an
> angry boa constrictor, you need to take a "YOU" attitude in your *rsum* and
> show quantifiable results *...*
> www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Resume-Ideas...*Rsum*.../1372658 -
> Cached<
> http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=3Dcache:BwbNkqjJa9EJ:=
>
> www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Resume-Ideas-For-Accounting-Infusing-Your-Acc=
>
> ounting-Rsum-With-Quantifiable-Results/1372658+rsum&cd=3D19&hl=3Den&ct=3Dcl=
> nk&gl=3Dus&client=3Dgmail<http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Resume-Ideas-For-Accounting-Infusing-Your-Acc=%0Aounting-Rsum-With-Quantifiable-Results/1372658+rsum&cd=3D19&hl=3Den&ct=3Dcl=%0Ank&gl=3Dus&client=3Dgmail>
> >
>
> Watercooler: Rejuvenate *rsum* for job hunt | Technology > Software
> *...*<
> http://www.google.com/url?sa=3Dt&source=3Dweb&cd=3D48&ved=3D0CDAQFjAH=
>
> OCg&url=3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.allbusiness.com%2Flabor-employment%2Fhuman-resou=
>
> rces-personnel%2F13741240-1.html&ei=3D2xBXTOzrG4vUtQO4kpilDA&usg=3DAFQjCNFl=
> vqUHM6wCac34h5uCIlWiGHYYYQ&sig2=3DMSGfqc_3KEavcHk38ffoHQ<http://www.google.com/url?sa=3Dt&source=3Dweb&cd=3D48&ved=3D0CDAQFjAH=%0AOCg&url=3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.allbusiness.com%2Flabor-employment%2Fhuman-resou=%0Arces-personnel%2F13741240-1.html&ei=3D2xBXTOzrG4vUtQO4kpilDA&usg=3DAFQjCNFl=%0AvqUHM6wCac34h5uCIlWiGHYYYQ&sig2=3DMSGfqc_3KEavcHk38ffoHQ>
> >
> Jan 17, 2010 *...* Whether you're out of work or browsing for new
> opportunities, keeping your *rsum* fresh and available in the right online
> locations could help *...*
> www.allbusiness.com/labor-employment/human.../13741240-1.html -
> Cached<
> http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=3Dcache:0N-SQXtn2KQJ:=
>
> www.allbusiness.com/labor-employment/human-resources-personnel/13741240-1.h=
> tml+rsum&cd=3D48&hl=3Den&ct=3Dclnk&gl=3Dus&client=3Dgmail<http://www.allbusiness.com/labor-employment/human-resources-personnel/13741240-1.h=%0Atml+rsum&cd=3D48&hl=3Den&ct=3Dclnk&gl=3Dus&client=3Dgmail>
> >
>
> This second example turns out to be an AP story:
>
> Watercooler: Rejuvenate rsum for job huntBy TALI ARBEL, TALI ARBEL
> Associated Press
> Publication: Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
> Date: Sunday, January 17
> 2010<http://www.allbusiness.com/lexisnexis/20100117/13714960-1.html>
>
> While the online text for this article consistently uses "rsum," it's of
> course unclear if this is an automatic, software-generated truncation to
> avoid the accented-e characters.
>
> Some online sources list "rsum" as an abbreviation:
>
> Urban Dictionary: *rsum*<
> http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=3Dr=
> sum>
>  - 10:19am
> Dec 7, 2006 *...* buy *rsum* mugs, tshirts and magnets. Shorthand for
> "resume". "Send us your *rsum* via e-mail to apply for this position."
> *...=
> *
> www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=3D*rsum* -
> Cached<
> http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=3Dcache:EXKdsT3dW10J:=
>
> www.urbandictionary.com/define.php%3Fterm%3Drsum+rsum&cd=3D1&hl=3Den&ct=3Dc=
> lnk&gl=3Dus&client=3Dgmail<http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php%3Fterm%3Drsum+rsum&cd=3D1&hl=3Den&ct=3Dc=%0Alnk&gl=3Dus&client=3Dgmail>
> >-
> Similar<
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=3Den&safe=3Doff&client=3Dgmail&rls=
>
> =3Dgm&q=3Drelated:www.urbandictionary.com/define.php%3Fterm%3Drsum+rsum&tbo=
> =3D1&sa=3DX&ei=3DqBJXTLL3NYvksQPil7jZAg&ved=3D0CBUQHzAA<http://www.google.com/search?hl=3Den&safe=3Doff&client=3Dgmail&rls=%0A=3Dgm&q=3Drelated:www.urbandictionary.com/define.php%3Fterm%3Drsum+rsum&tbo=%0A=3D1&sa=3DX&ei=3DqBJXTLL3NYvksQPil7jZAg&ved=3D0CBUQHzAA>
> >
>
> While there's not much to be gained, space-wise, from leaving out two
> characters, I suppose that for those typists fastidious enough to want to
> include the accents, rsum would offer considerable savings of effort.
>
> I'm curious about whether rsum has actually made a significant entrance
> int=
> o
> the language of human speakers and writers, or if it is mostly an artifact
> of software limitations.  Does anyone say "r-sum" instead of r=E9sum=E9?
>
> I'd also be interested to learn if anyone receives this email with all of
> m=
> y
> carefully typed r=E9sum=E9s truncated to rsums.
>
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