Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?

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From: Eric O'Dell
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 00:00

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On Tue, 10 Jun 1997 11:43:28 -0700, Woody <nospam@nowhere.man> wrote:

>Eric O'Dell wrote:
>> 
>> On Thu, 05 Jun 1997 07:49:01 -0700, Michael Sierchio <xhqmh@qanv.pbz>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> >Mike Ellis wrote:
>> >
>> 
>> If you read the above definition carefully, it begins with "a *word*
>> formed from...", which certainly implies pronounceability, as do the
>> two examples given. If an "acronym" is unpronounceable, then it is not
>> an acronym at all, but a member of the more general class of
>> abbreviations.
>> 
>> E.
>
>if pronounceability is the defining property of a word then what is
>"CTHULHU" ???
>
>or maybe "NGNGAWIL" ???

Funny, but I don't have any problem pronouncing Cthulhu or Ngngawil.
Or Nyarlathotep, for that matter. But, having used the MS WinAPI
extensively, perhaps I have a bit more experience with names that can
cause disaster merely by calling them.

E.

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From: eric@gadgetguru.com (Eric O'Dell)
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 1997/06/11
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