- From: Krzysztof Żelechowski <giecrilj@stegny.2a.pl>
- Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:49:33 +0100
Dnia 13-12-2007, Cz o godzinie 10:27 +0000, Smylers pisze: > Krzysztof ??elechowski writes: > > > Dnia 12-12-2007, ??r o godzinie 08:59 +0000, Ian Hickson pisze: > > > > > Most people don't mark up abbreviations or acronyms at all, they > > > only mark them up at all to give the expansions generally. And for > > > this purpose, it doesn't really matter which is which (not to > > > mention that different people disagree on which is which -- I say > > > "ess quere ell" and "ewe are ell", others say "sequel" and "earl"). > > > > ... I hardly see any valid disagreement. > > Your saying "valid" suggests you do see significant disagreement that > you consider to be "invalid". While it's invalid in your eyes, it's > presumably valid to the person making it -- which proves Ian's point > that people differ on these definitions. > A disagreement about how one pronounces SQL is invalid because however it is pronounced, it is an acronym. A valid disagreement would be whether SQL is an acronym or an abbreviation. Best regards, Chris
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