Re: ABBR and ACRONYM

On Fri, 30 Jan 1998 07:56:48 -0000, "Pawson, David"
<DPawson@rnib.org.uk> wrote:


>	One difference we (RNIB) need to recognise,
>	for an acronym, presented to a low end synth speech
>	system 'reading' a page, the acronym needs to be 
>	'spaced out', such that RNIB becomes R N I B,
>	whereas this is not necessary with an 'abbrev' which can
>	(often) be 'read out' without being 'spelled out' - if you 
>	catch my drift. 

I see, am I correct in understanding that you mean that
things that should be read out as separate letters should
use ARCONYM and things that are pronounced more like a word
use ABBRV?

>	This (IMHO) necessitates differentiation between the two.
>	How many authors appreciate such finesse I am unsure.

I think a clearer explanation is needed, it could be really
annoying if people start using them the wrong way around.


Chris

chris@atomism.demon.co.uk
http://www.atomism.demon.co.uk/

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