Don't forget SNAFU.
Gerry
I was gonna let it slide; see how soft I'm getting since my hair has gotten
completely white? ;<)
Then there was SAC, TAC and ADC. ;<)
Wilton
----- Original Message -----
From: "Curt Raymond" <curtlud...@yahoo.com>
To: "Diesel List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 7:24 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] TOC
You need to use a better dictionary. FBI isn't a word although NASA is. If
FBI were a word you'd say "fibbie" not spell out the word.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acronym
Definition of ACRONYM
: a word (as NATO, radar, or laser) formed from the initial letter or
letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term;
also : an abbreviation (as FBI) formed from initial letters : initialism
-Curt
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 15:27:03 -0600
From: Craig <diese...@pisquared.net>
To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] TOC
Message-ID: <20130731152703.d6b9665f8f519d91b5211...@pisquared.net>
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On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 13:48:26 -0700 (PDT) Curt Raymond
<curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Table of contents.
Not an acronym anyway, thats an initialism. An acronym needs to spell
out a word like laser or radar or scuba...
http://www.yourdictionary.com/acronym
acronym
The definition of an acronym is a word formed from the first letter or
first few letters of each word in a phrase or title. (noun)
NASA, FBI and CIA are each an example of an acronym.
Craig
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