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I fail to see how this confirms that this is what Spielberg had in mind. Neither of the people mentioned were involved in the making of E.T. the Extra-terrestrial

Valorum
– Valorum

2025-11-29 17:22:12 +00:00
Commented yesterday
@Valorum I see this answer as speaking to a common practice of abbreviating "extraterrestrial" as "E.T." I think the asker is in error in assuming that a two letter abbreviation is necessarily drawn from a two-word phrase.

Todd Wilcox
– Todd Wilcox

2025-11-30 20:02:34 +00:00
Commented 5 hours ago
@ToddWilcox - It's also a common abbreviation for Eastern Time :-) Airily waving at a dictionary doesn't answer the question asked, which is "What does E.T. mean in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial?". It's not called 'E.T. the E.T."

Valorum
– Valorum

2025-11-30 20:29:21 +00:00
Commented 5 hours ago

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