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January 26[edit]

Hungarians: Is EMMA (Women’s Association for Birth Rights in Hungary) an acronym?[edit]

Not speaking Hungarian, I failed to find it out: Is EMMA (Women’s Association for Birth Rights in Hungary) an acronym? Or is there another reason given why the association is named this way? --KnightMove (talk) 01:51, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Since they don't mention it on their "about us" page (which is in English, btw), they apparently don't want to highlight any acronymic origin it might have had. You would probably get a better answer at info@emmaegyesulet.hu. Why are you asking? ◅ Sebastian Helm 🗨 08:10, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I guess it's possible, since I could find that 'woman' is 'asszony', association is 'egyesület' and 'Hungary' is 'Magyarország'. Without knowing Hungarian syntax, there is only one M missing. (According to Google Translate, 'birthright' is 'születési jog', though.) 惑乱 Wakuran (talk) 12:53, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I want to mention it in an article, so I would like to know. Thanks to you both. --KnightMove (talk) 08:28, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This article refers to the name change to EMMA, which occurred in 2016 (it was previously known as Születésház), but does not say why it was changed. 59.102.15.82 (talk) 14:01, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What is this called and why does it happen?[edit]

In English conditional statements containing an auxiliary verb, the word "if" can be removed and the auxiliary verb placed where it used to be. For example, "If I were to betray you" can become "Were I to betray you," and "If I should win" can become "Should I win." What is this called and why does it happen? Primal Groudon (talk) 05:35, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's subject-auxiliary inversion not used to ask a question. See the "Inversion in condition clauses" section on that article... AnonMoos (talk) 09:03, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]