(October 31, 2023 at 1:42 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:(October 31, 2023 at 1:20 pm)Foxaèr Wrote: You forgot the ML.
I don't do metric.
My Lawn.
"Never trust a fox. Looks like a dog, behaves like a cat."
~ Erin Hunter
~ Erin Hunter
Favorite acronyms and the like?
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(October 31, 2023 at 1:42 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:(October 31, 2023 at 1:20 pm)Foxaèr Wrote: You forgot the ML. My Lawn.
"Never trust a fox. Looks like a dog, behaves like a cat."
~ Erin Hunter (October 31, 2023 at 12:17 pm)FrustratedFool Wrote: So initialism is a sub-category of acronym. No, both initialisms and acronyms are sub-categories of abbreviations. Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
(October 31, 2023 at 2:03 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:(October 31, 2023 at 1:43 pm)Foxaèr Wrote: My Lawn. >__> You stated: GTFO It could have been: GTFOML
"Never trust a fox. Looks like a dog, behaves like a cat."
~ Erin Hunter (October 31, 2023 at 2:04 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(October 31, 2023 at 12:17 pm)FrustratedFool Wrote: So initialism is a sub-category of acronym. I guess I don't know how to read dictionary entries very well. RE: Favorite acronyms?
October 31, 2023 at 2:55 pm
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(October 31, 2023 at 2:11 pm)FrustratedFool Wrote:(October 31, 2023 at 2:04 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: No, both initialisms and acronyms are sub-categories of abbreviations. I agree, but I’m not guessing. Quote:Some types of abbreviations are acronyms (some pronounceable, some initialisms) or grammatical contractions or . Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
Here we go with the isms again.
"Never trust a fox. Looks like a dog, behaves like a cat."
~ Erin Hunter
The post I was referencing was:
acronym, n. 1. A group of initial letters used as an abbreviation for a name or expression, each letter or part being pronounced separately; an initialism (such as ATM, TLS). I misread that as saying an initialism came under the heading of an acronym. See, first I agreed with you (why I said good catch), because you said what I had been taught about the differences between initialismand acronym. Then someone else disagreed with you and posted the OED entry above, and then I said 'so ...' and suggested that initialisms were a subcategory. Then you said I was wrong, so I agreed with you again by saying I must have read the posted OED entry wrong. Now you're saying that I was right to say I'd misread the OED, but are quoting somet other part of the full entry (I assume) than what was provided. Very confusing, lol 😆 I'll go back to my original agreement with you and say you were right to delineate the technical differences. Where's David Crystal when you need him, lol ? RE: Favorite acronyms and the like?
October 31, 2023 at 3:09 pm
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