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RE: UserFriendly.org: Truth in Acronyms
From: "Gary Funck" <gary () intrepid com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 17:23:33 -0800
From: Nick FitzGerald Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 4:35 AM Also, some of the sources of your definitions that tend to suport the "pronunciation is not an issue" approach are rather less than definitive or schaolarly, whereas the more traditional "keepers of the language" tend to side with the abbreviation =/= acronym view. for example, Oxford (from my handy 8th edition Concise) says: acronym ... n. a word, usu. pronounced as such, formned from the initial letters of other words (e.g. Ernie, laser, Nato). ...
Ernie? Is that really a common acronym? First I've heard of it: ERNIE Acronym for electronic random number indicator, machine designed and produced by the UK Post Office Research Station to select a series of random 9-figure numbers to indicate prizewinners among Premium Bond holders. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- UserFriendly.org: Truth in Acronyms Fergie (Jan 22)
- Re: UserFriendly.org: Truth in Acronyms David Lodge (Jan 23)
- Re: UserFriendly.org: Truth in Acronyms Valdis . Kletnieks (Jan 23)
- Re: UserFriendly.org: Truth in Acronyms Nick FitzGerald (Jan 23)
- Re: UserFriendly.org: Truth in Acronyms Dude VanWinkle (Jan 24)
- RE: UserFriendly.org: Truth in Acronyms Gary Funck (Jan 24)
- Re: UserFriendly.org: Truth in Acronyms der Mouse (Jan 24)
- Re: UserFriendly.org: Truth in Acronyms Nick FitzGerald (Jan 24)
- Re: UserFriendly.org: Truth in Acronyms Valdis . Kletnieks (Jan 23)
- Re: UserFriendly.org: Truth in Acronyms David Lodge (Jan 23)
- Re: UserFriendly.org: Truth in Acronyms Drsolly (Jan 24)
- Re: UserFriendly.org: Truth in Acronyms Valdis . Kletnieks (Jan 24)
- Re: UserFriendly.org: Truth in Acronyms David Lodge (Jan 24)
- Re: UserFriendly.org: Truth in Acronyms Richard Cox (Jan 24)
- Re: UserFriendly.org: Truth in Acronyms David Lodge (Jan 23)
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- RE: UserFriendly.org: Truth in Acronyms Willy, Andrew (Jan 23)
- RE: UserFriendly.org: Truth in Acronyms Nick FitzGerald (Jan 24)
- RE: UserFriendly.org: Truth in Acronyms Alex Eckelberry (Jan 24)