Interesting. From Wiktionary on "acronym" (edited slightly): ==== Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations formed from the initial letter or letters of words, such as NATO and XHTML, and are pronounced in a way that is distinct from the full pronunciation of what the letters stand for.
Of the two words, acronym is the much more frequently used and known, and many dictionaries, speakers and writers refer to all abbreviations formed from initial letters as acronyms. However, some still differentiate between acronyms and initialisms: an acronym was originally a pronounceable word formed from the initial letter or letters of the constituent words, such as NATO or RADAR (from RAdio Detection And Ranging), while an initialism referred to an abbreviation pronounced as the names of the individual letters, such as TLA. The distinction is quickly becoming obsolete: although conservative commentators continue to decry the loss of the distinction in style guides and elsewhere, the word acronym is used nearly universally for both meanings. ==== So HTH is actually an "initialism", because it is not pronounceable ( except as a sneeze :). First I'd ever heard of the term. -Keith > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Stevenson, Charles > Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 9:14 AM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: RE: [U2] [RANT] HTH > > yeah,, and HTH and CTDSL are "initials" not "acronymns". > Acronyms are initials that are pronounced as a single word. > NASA & NATO are acronyms. > UN is not. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Don Verhagen > > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 10:41 AM > > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > > Subject: [U2] [RANT] HTH > > > > CTDSL = CHANGE THE DAMN SUBJECT LINE. > > > > Re: [U2]UD Login User > > There we more postings under the original subject line > > related to HTH than the OP (Original Post). > > > > > > > > * Please NOTE NEW Telephone Number * > > -- > > Donald Verhagen > > Application Development Manager > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Tandem Staffing Solutions, Inc. > > 1690 S Congress Avenue, Suite 210 > > Delray Beach, FL 33445 USA > > Voice Phone: 561.226.8261 Fax Phone: 561.226.8118 > > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12:04:14 PM 09/14/2005 >>> > > Hope that helps! (You can check out acronyms like that at > > http://www.ucc.ie/cgi-bin/acronym/acro.html) > > > > Susan > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Marilyn Hilb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 11:00 AM > > Subject: RE: [U2]UD Login User > > > > > > > Ok. I have to ask.. What does hth mean?? > > > > > > HTH, > > > > > > Jeff Fitzgerald > > > Fitzgerald & Long, Inc. > > > ------- > > > u2-users mailing list > > > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > > > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > > ------- > > u2-users mailing list > > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > > ------- > > u2-users mailing list > > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
