Author: Mark Charette
Date: 1999-07-14 03:40
Hiroshi wrote:
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I thought like this:"Acronym: this is a word, like radar or NATO, not a set of initials, like the BBC or the IMF."
(The Economist "Style Book"-Common Solecism)
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You are technically correct; some of the initals can be considered acronyms, however, sicne they're pronouncable (TAANSTAFL is pronounced the way it looks). Current usage, though not correct, would be to call these acronyms. Since English is our first language, we tend not to be so precise!
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