Acronyms (Was: mouse updates)

[Dewar Charles]

I'll bet you also think the new millennium begins 2001.

-----Original Message-----
From: hfalex [mailto:hfalex "at" home.com]
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 8:11 AM
To: vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com
Subject: Re: Acronyms (Was: mouse updates)


Dear Keith,

     I have read with interest the exchanges concerning "btw" and the =
like,
and what definition applies to them.  I was particularly impressed with =
your
having persisted to the correct conclusion.  Truly "btw" does not fit =
the
definition of an acronym because the definition "tree" for acronym says =
that
it must form a "word" which you are correct in noting "radar" does. A =
word
is composed of "morphemes" and morphemes are meaningful groups of =
letters.
"btw" is not meaningful outside of context, and thus does not fit the
definition. I further think, and this is purely subjective, that an =
acronym
must also have the attribute of being pronounceable.
     The answer, imho, is that btw, brb, rtfm, lol, roflol, imho and =
the
like are "shorthand", which is defined by Merriam Webster as: =
short=B7hand
(sh=F4rt"h=B2nd") n. 1. A system of rapid handwriting employing symbols =
to
represent words, phrases, and letters. 2. A system, a form, or an =
instance
of abbreviated or formulaic reference.

Hang in there!
/Alex

Xenophobes should be repatriated to Xenophobia
----- Original Message -----
From: <Keith.McCasland "at" ti.com>
To: <vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: Acronyms (Was: mouse updates)


> BTW is an acronym for By The Way, a phrase used to introduce a =
related
> side note.
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> Deryk Barker <dbarker "at" camosun.bc.ca> on 02/08/2000 09:59:46 AM
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> Please respond to vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com
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> To:   vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com
> cc:
> Subject:  Re: Acronyms (Was: mouse updates)
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> Thus spake Daniel Hildebrandt (hildy "at" cig.mot.com):
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> > <pedant mode=3Don>
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> > >From the Merriam Webster dictionary ( http://www.m-w.com/ )
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> > Main Entry: ac


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=B7ro=B7nym
> Pronunciation: 'a-kr&-"nim
> Function: noun
> Etymology: acr- + -onym
> Date: 1943
> : a word (as NATO, radar, or snafu) formed from the initial letter or
letters of
> each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term
>
>
> >From the dictionary.com site (http://www.dictionary.com/ )
>
> ac=B7ro=B7nym (kr-nm)
>  n.
>      A word formed from the initial letters of a name, such as WAC =
for
Women's
> Army Corps, or by
>      combining initial letters or parts of a series of words, such as
radar for
> radio detecting and
>      ranging.
>
> </pedant>
> I just love nit-picking nit-pickers.

OK, but tell me how either of those defintions covers BTW.....

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|Deryk Barker, Computer Science Dept. | Music does not have to be
understood|
|Camosun College, Victoria, BC, Canada| It has to be listened to.
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|email: dbarker "at" camosun.bc.ca         |
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|phone: +1 250 370 4452               |         Hermann Scherchen.
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