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Article #4269Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
From: Mark Baker
Date: Sun, 08 Jun 1997 00:00
Date: Sun, 08 Jun 1997 00:00
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In article <5n2phh$jda@cicsun.univ-bpclermont.fr>, espel@llaic.univ-bpclermont.fr (Roger Espel Llima) writes: > webster doesn't seem to agree with your definitions: That's OK, because the COD does, more or less > > $ webster acronym > ac.ro.nym \'ak-r*-.nim\ n [acr- + -onym (as in homonym)] : a word (as > radar, snafu) formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the > successive parts or major parts of a compound term initialism n. a group of initial letters used as an abbreviation for a name or expression, each letter being pronounced separately (e.g. BBC)(cf. acronym) acronym n. a word, usu. pronounced as such, formed from the initial letters of other words (e.g. Ernie, laser, Nato) which makes it clear that only those which are pronounced as a word can be called acronyms, and the definition of initialism certainly implies that an abbreviation can be formed from a letter from each word. Of course, US usage may be different, but if so the COD editors didn't know it, because they normally mark US usages.
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