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Subject:	Re: Is it Friday yet?
From:	John Burke <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	TechNet E-Mail Forum <[log in to unmask]>, John Burke <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Tue, 10 May 2005 08:37:25 -0700
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Must be that Mediterranean dictionary Brian,

Mine gives this:

ac·ro·nym:

A word formed from the initial letters of a name, such as WAC for Women's
Army Corps, or by combining initial letters or parts of a series of words,
such as radar for radio detecting and ranging. 







-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Ellis [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 1:49 AM
To: TechNet E-Mail Forum; John Burke
Subject: Re: [TN] Is it Friday yet?


DVD and CD are NOT acronyms, they are abbreviations. An acronym is an 
abbreviation which you pronounce as a word. WiFi is an acronym if you 
pronounce it as 'wyefye', rather than spell out the letters.

Brian

John Burke wrote:
> Probably impossible to understand and composed entirely of
acronyms........
> 
> Actually what do you mean 2630...................bad enough right
> now..........DVD,CD,WiFi,WAN,LAN,
> 
> Are all in common use as shorthand for the real name, so I guess if you
were
> to drop out for a few years you basically wouldn't have a
clue.............
> 
> John
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of George Patrick
> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 12:05 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [TN] Is it Friday yet?
> 
> 
> Makes you wonder what language will look like in 2630 :)
> 

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