On Sun, 14 Jul 2013, Doug wrote:
On 7/15/2013 12:25 PM, Felmon Davis wrote:
On Mon, 15 Jul 2013, anne-ology wrote:
And just what is HSLQLDB ;-)
This is not an acronym. It can't be pronounced as a word. (See dictionary
definition in URL below.)
the definition says:
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: 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
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I'm missing the part about being pronounced as a word.
oh, memorizing acronyms seems to me a mighty complicated way to
organize one's thoughts ...
wouldn't it be simpler - easier - to just state the
object(s) rather than leaving the listener trying to interpret what's
being
meant by what's being said ;-)
see - http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acronym
AND - did you happen to notice in that URL, this phenomenon only
started in 1943 ;-)
do you know SPQR? or INRI? or Q.E.D.?
None of these are acronyms either.
Senatus PupulusQue Romanus: did you know that the Roman street catchbasins
and manhole covers are marked SPQR? Yes, today.
interesting; never been to Rome, sorry to say.
Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum
I just read today that according to one author, this was supposed to
be a description of his 'crime', viz. insurrection against Roman
authority.
anyway, off topic; my apologies.
F.
Quod Erat Demonstrandum
--doug
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Felmon Davis
What a strange game. The only winning move is not to play.
-- WOP, "War Games"
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