> this would be the right distinction to make. I've always understood > "acronym" to be anything formed from the initial letters of a This is a common misunderstanding (like infer and imply, or virus and bacteria), and one of the reasons why acronym/abbr has proved a source of endless debate.Received on Wednesday, 23 April 2003 15:46:23 UTC
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