initialism |iˈni sh əˌlizəm| noun an abbreviation consisting of initial letters pronounced separately (e.g.,CPU). • an acronym.
On 2010-01-15, at 1:01 AM, david wrote: > Ray Costanzo wrote: > OK, that's clear. But HTML has never offered an <initialism> tag, so > <acronym> is still needed. ;-) > >> Actually, an acronym is pronounced as a word, and an initialism is >> not, as is my understanding. >> >> Abbreviation: Mr. >> Acronym: SCUBA >> Initialism: FBI >> >> >> >> On Jan 15, 2010, at 2:10 AM, david <gn...@hawaii.rr.com> wrote: >> >>> Chris F.A. Johnson wrote: >>>> On Thu, 14 Jan 2010, david wrote: >>>> >>> No, an acronym is usually pronounced as individual letters. (Some >>> may be >>> pronounced now as "words".) Abbreviations are never pronounced >>> letter-by-letter. >>> >>> "Mr." is NOT an acronym, it's an abbreviation. > > -- > David > gn...@hawaii.rr.com > authenticity, honesty, community > ______________________________________________________________________ > 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/ --- http://www.normanfournier.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/
