>> initialism |iˈni sh əˌlizəm| >> noun >> an abbreviation consisting of initial letters pronounced >> separately (e.g.,CPU). >> • an acronym. > > Okay, I accept that. The earlier post suggested that an initialism was a > *different* entity from an acronym. Rather, an > initialism is an acronym, but an acronym (based on pronunciation) is not > always an initialism. They are not mutually > exclusive. Since initialisms are acronyms, the ACRONYM element would still > apply to them. :-)
I don't agree. RADAR is an acronym because you're not supposed to spell the letters. CPU is an initialism, because you are supposed to spell the letters. Considering CPU (or else) as both an acronym and initialism would allow two different pronunciations. -- Regards, Thierry | www.tjkdesign.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/
