- From: Christophe Strobbe <christophe.strobbe@esat.kuleuven.be>
- Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:06:24 +0200
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Hi David and all, At 08:12 10/10/2005, David Woolley wrote: <blockquote> > For example <acronym>B.B.C</acronym> for BBC. To re-raise an old chestnut, BBC is not an acronym in the British English definition of acronym. </blockquote> My own searches in British English dictionaries [1] showed that "the British English definition of acronym" does not exist. Most say that acronyms are "usually" pronounced as a word and add a reference to "initialism", but if "initialism" is not in the dictionary, the definition of acronym does not say anything about pronunciation (thereby implicitly blurring the distinction between acronym and initialism). Regarding the insertion of full stops, my advice is to consult an up-to-date dictionary, just as for other issues of orthography. [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/2005JulSep/att-0851/AbbreviationAcronym.html Regards, Christophe Strobbe -- Christophe Strobbe K.U.Leuven - Departement of Electrical Engineering - Research Group on Document Architectures Kasteelpark Arenberg 10 - 3001 Leuven-Heverlee - BELGIUM tel: +32 16 32 85 51 http://www.docarch.be/ Disclaimer: http://www.kuleuven.be/cwis/email_disclaimer.htm
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