On 2010/01/15 08:37 (GMT-0500) Rob Emenecker composed: >> Abbreviation: Mr. >> Acronym: SCUBA >> Initialism: FBI
> I don't see the distinction between acronym (which I understand), and > initialism (which sounds like a made up word). Both are acronyms. Acronyms, > depending upon the "coined" usage, is either pronounced as a word or as > individual letters. The difference in which, is usually (but not always) > based on whether it has a word form to it. > APA ... pronounced A-P-A > AMPA ... pronounced Am-Pa > Both are acronyms as far as I am concerned. > Now, I also disagree with the HTML 5 draft to leave out ACRONYM. It is NOT > an abbreviation. Not because of pronunciation, but by definition. The pisser > is that this was a symantec tag that had merit and meaning in STM > publishing. (STM is an acronym that stands for > Scientific-Technical-Medical.) Now in most cases, authors in those fields > define the acronym at first use. This is specified in most writing style > guides. This is OT here. OTOH, maybe the HTML5 spec could be changed if this thread were replicated on the public-html-comments mailing list: http://lists.w3.org/ -- "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." John Adams, 2nd US President Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
