[G4] Correct English Flame War

Robert H. Baucom rbtbcm at owc.net
Mon Feb 23 11:53:50 PST 2009


OR SCSI, as Skuzzy ?
RHB

On Feb 23, 2009, at 11:20 AM, Richard Klein wrote:

> If we're going to get all pedantic about semantics, I'll point out
> that terms such as CS4 or RPM aren't really acronyms, but rather
> initialisms or abbreviations (although I think the de facto definition
> of acronym is expanding to include initialisms).  Traditionally, an
> acronym is an abbreviation that becomes a word of it's own, one that
> you can pronounce.  Examples would be SONAR or SCOTUS.
>
> -- 
> Rich
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