On 16 Nov, 2006, at 10:10, Jared Rhine wrote:
Apropos of nothing, I'd like to gently suggest that if there were an
Internet-specific style guide, it would mention that spam, when
referring to
email, is not an acronym. As such, spam is not properly a
capitalized term.[1]
[1] http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anti-spam/
(sheepishly submitted for fear of being a nit-picker) -- Jared
To confuse the issue a little, the acronym-happy federal legislature
passed the "CAN-SPAM" act a couple of years back,
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/canspam.htm
There the 'S', 'P', 'A' and 'M' are part of an acronym and should be
capitalized. Even though the government didn't do it in their own
URL, a clear case of bad government.
(double-sheepishly submitted for fear of being a nit-picker of nit-
pickers)
--Grant
PS: Don't add a ™ to "spam" used in this context, or Hormel (IIRC)
will get mad :).
PPS: It would have been nice if they'd added a letter so it was
either CAN-O-SPAM or DONT-SPAM or CANT-SPAM, but there you have it._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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