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From: pcarver@SnPaAcM.net (Paul Carver)
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Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: Sun, 08 Jun 1997 03:13:22 GMT
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On Mon, 02 Jun 1997 13:09:35 -0400, in comp.unix.shell, Allen Kirby
<akirby@att.com> wrote:

>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
>say is correct, none of the words above would be acronyms.  And they're
>certainly not abbreviations, so what are they?
>
>They're acronyms.
>
>
>-- 
>---
>Allen Kirby			AT&T ITS Production Services
>akirby@att.com			Alpharetta, GA.
>

Allen, you ought to know better.  AT&T isn't an acronym anymore.  They
had it legally changed so that now it stands for absolutely nothing.
AT&T is not an acronym or abbreviation for the name of the company, it
*is* the name of the company.

Paul
(AT&T IWS System Requirements but posting from home)

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