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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!newsfeeds.sol.net!europa.clark.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!ncar!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!nntp1.jpl.nasa.gov!netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov!usenet From: Woody <nospam@nowhere.man> 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: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 11:43:28 -0700 Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Pasadena CA Lines: 24 Message-ID: <339DA050.3506@nowhere.man> References: <337C64F0.41C6@cs.ucc.ie> <5lsbv4$id8@bmtlh10.bnr.ca> <3383FA57.4855@uab.ericsson.se> <EAMxy9.EF4@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> <A01469D243A414B4.60EFD3C313DDF166.4A538EC778681837@library-proxy.airnews.net> <3396D1DD.6495@qanv.pbz> <339c2a14.7756419@news.zippo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bistro.jpl.nasa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5.1 sun4u) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.shell:45955 comp.os.linux.misc:179878 comp.os.linux.x:64072 alt.os.linux:22130 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3548 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42736 gnu.misc.discuss:31739 comp.unix.solaris:109266 Eric O'Dell wrote: > > On Thu, 05 Jun 1997 07:49:01 -0700, Michael Sierchio <xhqmh@qanv.pbz> > wrote: > > >Mike Ellis wrote: > > > > If you read the above definition carefully, it begins with "a *word* > formed from...", which certainly implies pronounceability, as do the > two examples given. If an "acronym" is unpronounceable, then it is not > an acronym at all, but a member of the more general class of > abbreviations. > > E. if pronounceability is the defining property of a word then what is "CTHULHU" ??? or maybe "NGNGAWIL" ??? -- email address altered to avoid SPAMMERS try kaizen-at-maxinet-dot-com