At 13:23 -0800 on 01/15/2010, Thierry Koblentz wrote about Re:
[css-d] [OT] RE: u/u - why did it have to die?:
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
On Sun, 17 Jan 2010, Bob Rosenberg wrote:
At 13:23 -0800 on 01/15/2010, Thierry Koblentz wrote about Re:
[css-d] [OT] RE: u/u - why did it have to die?:
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
I do believe Eric himself shut this conversation down a couple of days
ago. It's not in any way related to CSS.
Theresa
On Jan 17, 2010, at 12:45 PM, Bob Rosenberg wrote:
At 13:23 -0800 on 01/15/2010, Thierry Koblentz wrote about Re:
[css-d] [OT] RE: u/u - why did it have to die?:
I
Initialisms are a subset of Acronyms - IOW: All Initialisms are
Acronyms since both stand for the initial letter(s) of a phrase
(RAdio Detection And Ranging and Central Processing Unit
respectively). The way the string is pronounced determines where an
Acronym is also an Initialism.
You're right. Sorry. He did.
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On Sun, 17 Jan 2010, Rob Emenecker wrote:
Initialisms are a subset of Acronyms - IOW: All Initialisms are
Acronyms since both stand for the initial letter(s) of a phrase
(RAdio Detection And Ranging and Central Processing Unit
respectively). The way the string is pronounced
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
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
