Tony Arnold wrote: > 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? > "Just f##king do it" .. "Let's wait to agree"... where are the non-words?
It is unimportant, obviously, but I'm just interested in why people think those aren't acronyms as I would argue they are great examples of the genre... Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
