Sean Miller wrote: > 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?
Because they are not words? Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester, IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL. T: +44 (0)161 275 6093, F: +44 (0)870 136 1004, M: +44 (0)773 330 0039 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED], H: http://www.man.ac.uk/Tony.Arnold -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
