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From: Woody <nospam@nowhere.man>
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Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 11:43:28 -0700
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Pasadena CA
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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" ???

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