Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?

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From: Steve Peltz
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 1997 00:00

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In article <5mvqtk$ml6$1@nntp.Stanford.EDU>,
Annelise Anderson  <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> wrote:
>No, they're abbreviations.  eff-bee-eye is not a word, except in some
>programming sense in which it has white space on either side of it.

I'm sorry, what's wrong with pronouncing FBI as ef-bee-eye? Certainly
a lot simpler pronounciation than some other words. Just because it is
also the pronounciation of the individual letters of the word doesn't
mean it isn't a word. An alternate pronounciation of FBI is "fed-ur-ul-
byoo-row-uv-in-ves-tig-ay-shun".

How do you pronounce "amt."? Now there's an abbreviation that is not
an acronym. Is it still a word? "am-mut"?

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From: peltz@jaka.ece.uiuc.edu (Steve Peltz)
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 1997/06/05
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