Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?

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From: Mike Ellis
Date: Sat, 07 Jun 1997 00:00

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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.

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From: mellis@dircon.co.uk (Mike Ellis)
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 1997/06/07
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