-----Message d'origine-----
De : michael david sharp <msharp@umich.edu>
=C0 : rara-avis@icomm.ca <rara-avis@icomm.ca>
Date : mardi 16 juin 1998 13:52
Objet : Re: RARA-AVIS: How about:
>This inquiry began w/ the assertion that "acronym" is
not the right word.
>Your definition is correct, but ACLU and MLA are not
"words," that is, y=
ou
>don't say them phonetically, which seems to be the
criterion of an acron=
ym
>(M.A.D.D., U.N.C.L.E., NATO, NAMBLA, Nabisco [from
National Biscuit
>Company], etc.). Unless you call the ACLU
"ack-loo."
>
>Thanks to all who have tried to answer this question.
"Initials" seems=20
>weak to me, since it refers to the individual letters
and not the unit,
>but it'll have to do. Back to crime.
>
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>Michael D. Sharp Email: msharp@umich.edu =
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>Department of English Lang. and Lit. Phone: (313)
761-8776
>University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Fax: (313)
763-3128
>
>On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Don Cannon wrote:
>
>> Someone asked about a more specific term for
abbreviations like ACLU=20
>> and MLA. It's acronym, which is the word for
words composed of the=20
>> first letter of the parts of a phrase. I was
surprised that Webster's=
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>> 9th Collegiate used snafu as an
example.=20
>>=20
>> Don
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