Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?

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From: Michael Sierchio
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 1997 00:00

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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=AE 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 =

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From: Michael Sierchio <xhqmh@qanv.pbz>
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 1997/06/05
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