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NOTE: In Merriam Webster's Dictionary, under acronym, it says: "a word (as NATO, radar, or laser) formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term; also : an abbreviation (as FBI: initialism)" Abbreviation says: "1 : the act or result of abbreviating : abridgment 2 : a shortened form of a written word or phrase used in place of the whole <amt is an abbreviation for amount>" Therefore , by definition, an acronym is a form of abbreviation. This argument is spurious. -----Original Message----- From: Alexander Johannesen [mailto:alexander.johannesen@g...] Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 11:38 AM To: Steve Bjorg Cc: fmeschini@t...; xml-dev@l... Subject: Re: R: Re: Is "XML" an abbreviation or an acronym? On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 20:15, Steve Bjorg <steveb@m...> wrote: > As pointed out by others, XML is an abbreviation. The sheer fact that it > contains no vowels should make it clear that it's unpronounceable as an > acronym. Hang on; from http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/text.html#h-9.2.1 "FBI" is listed* as an acronym, and it too is clearly not pronounceable. Now what? I don't think it is clear at all. * "Western languages make extensive use of acronyms such as "GmbH", "NATO", and "F.B.I." Alex -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Project Wrangler, SOA, Information Alchemist, UX, RESTafarian, Topic Maps ------------------------------------------ http://shelter.nu/blog/ -------- _______________________________________________________________________ XML-DEV is a publicly archived, unmoderated list hosted by OASIS to support XML implementation and development. To minimize spam in the archives, you must subscribe before posting. [Un]Subscribe/change address: http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/ Or unsubscribe: xml-dev-unsubscribe@l... subscribe: xml-dev-subscribe@l... List archive: http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ List Guidelines: http://www.oasis-open.org/maillists/guidelines.php No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.7/1631 - Release Date: 8/24/2008 12:15 PM
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