Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Acronyms

Acronyms have to be "pronounceable" (e.g. LASER, AIDS, NATO).

If you just say the initials (e.g. DFTBA, LOL, CEO, FBI, etc.) it isn't an acronym. It's an initialism.

There is some debate that they are the same thing, but I think it's important in this day-and-age of our computer shorthand to distinguish between the two! :)




1 comment:

  1. Sweet! So good to know! I was always confused about that! (aka: ACAT) So glad you are back to fill our days with more of lifes little questions!

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