Uriel Apeiron wrote on 30 July 2008 20:23:
> Hi,
>
> I was poking around the Cygwin site and noticed the 'acronym' section.
> The section should be called 'abbreviations'. Acronyms are a subset
> of abbreviations that a person can say like a word, like squares are a
> subset of rectangles. All acronyms are abbreviations but not vice
> versa. CIA is an abbreviation, NASA is an acronym.
Embi, but yowtwit! We carelessly mingle acronyms and abbreviations bwam -
iafnab![*] Afair a few of them even come with pronounciation guides, so
wadr[**] I think you're pol!
Scnr![***]
Oh, and if you're going to reply, PCYMTNQREAIYR.[****]
cheers,
DaveK
[*] - pronounced like 'yafnab'.
[**] - pronounced like 'wadder'.
[***] - pronounced like 'scanner'.
[****] - pronounced like - oh, what the hell, you've had enough free
examples, it should be obvious by now.
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