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RE: XML Buzzwords. RFC

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• Subject: RE: XML Buzzwords. RFC
• From: "Britt, James" <James.Britt@p...>
• Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 10:26:40 -0700
• Return-receipt-to: "Britt, James" <James.Britt@p...>

Hmm. I thought acronyms were *words* formed by combining first letters, or
parts of other words, and therefore pronounceable (by definition).

From m-w.com:
"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."

So, TLA is a three-letter abbreviation.

Picking nits, perhaps.


James

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John.Brooking@N... [mailto:John.Brooking@N...]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 9:56 AM
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> Subject: RE:  XML Buzzwords. RFC
> 
> 
> Best recursive acronym: TLA (Three-Letter Acronym)
> 
> Most unpronouncable acronym [with vowels]: SPEBSQSA (Society for the
> Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing 
> in America)
> 
> :)
> 

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