Date   : Tue, 07 Feb 2006 16:26:03 +0000
From   : Andrew Benham <adsb@...>
Subject: Re: Grammar

Jules Richardson wrote:

> We did have to beat a couple of people at Bletchley over the head a 
> while back for calling HPUX "H-pucks". "jiff" instead of "giff" for GIF 
> images also grates. Those are all just down to pronunciation though, 
> rather than the SQL case where people go inserting extra letters to form 
> a word from the acronym.

If it doesn't form a pronouncable word, then it's an abbreviation rather
than an acronym.

'NATO' is an acronym, 'BBC' is an abbreviation.

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Andrew Benham           adsb@...       
Southgate, London N14, United Kingdom

The gates in my computer are AND OR and NOT, not "Bill".