Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?

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From: daedalus
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 1997 00:00

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Mike Ellis wrote:
> 
> Michael Sierchio <xhqmh@qanv.pbz> wrote:
> 
> >Mike Ellis wrote:
> >
> >> Sorry to spoil the fun but these are not acronyms. An acronym is an
> >> abbreviation which can be pronounced as if it were a word. How on
> >> earth does one pronounce tcsh ?  Most TLAs (three letter acronyms) are
> >> not TLAs at all. In fact TLA is not a TLA itself.
> >
> >Speaking authoritatively means you should be right,  but you know not
> >whereof you speak.  A "pronounceable" acronym is what you describe, and
> >while in the US Armed Forces, many have spent sleepless nights coming
> >up with acronyms that met the pronounceable requirement.
> >
> >The definition of acronym, since you are too lazy or proud to
> >consult a dictionary:
> >
> >acronym
> >
> >Merriam-Webster's Collegiate� Dictionary
> >
> >ac.ro.nym n [acr- + -onym] (1943): a word (as radar or snafu) formed from the
> >initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a
> >compound term -- ac.ro.nym.ic adj -- ac.ro.nym.i.cal.ly adv
> >
> >
> I'm not too lazy or proud to look it up in a dictionary, but my 13
> volume Oxford English Dictionary has no entry for acronym.

Are you sure it's not supposed to be a 14 volume dictionary?

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From: daedalus <daedalus@ripco.com>
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 1997/06/09
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