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From: js@cs.tu-berlin.de (Joerg Schilling)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.solaris
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 3 Jun 1997 10:07:23 GMT
Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany
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In article <3392FE4F.1667@att.com>, Allen Kirby <akirby@att.com> wrote:
>Mike Ellis wrote:
><snip>
>> Sorry to spoil the fun but these are not acronyms. An acronym is an
>> abbreviation which can be pronounced as if it were a word. How on
>> earth does one pronounce tcsh ? Most TLAs (three letter acronyms) are
>> not TLAs at all. In fact TLA is not a TLA itself.
>
>Wrong. Acronyms are words created from the first letters of other
>words, such as:
>
>FBI,MRI,IBM,FDA,FAA,AT&T
>
>Some are pronouncable, like RADAR, but it's the exception. If what you
This was more pronouncable in the mid twentees, when the first german
RADAR units were called "Funkmess" ;-) But then UK/US guys rewrote history
and claimed that they invented RADAR.
>say is correct, none of the words above would be acronyms. And they're
>certainly not abbreviations, so what are they?
So the abbreviation that I chosed for my UNIX tools/utilities should be
an acronym, too?
SING (Schily Is Not GNU)
Joerg
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