Nik Butler wrote: > Llywelyn Owen wrote: > >> By the way these are not acronyms they're abbreviations. Sorry to be >> so pedantic! >> > you know what . he is correct as well , they are Abbreviations, and it > is being pedantic. Though for the record im being ironic . ( i think! ) > ac?ro?nym /??kr?n?m/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[*ak*-r/uh/-nim] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation --noun 1. a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words, as /Wac/ from /Women's Army Corps,/ /OPEC/ from /Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries,/ or /loran/ from /long-range navigation./
So, how precisely can JFDI and LW2A be said to not be acronyms? Abbreviations would be "jus'fuind'it" or the like, surely? Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
