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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. - Steve -------------- Steve G. Bjorg http://wiki.mindtouch.com http://twitter.com/bjorg On Aug 24, 2008, at 10:23 AM, fmeschini@t... wrote: >> The XML specification, http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/REC-xml-20060816/ > starts with, >> Extensible Markup Language, abbreviated XML, describes > ... >> So the spec says, it's an abbreviation ... > > Probably because > 'acronymied' is a little bit of a cacophony, and to write 'abbreviated > through the acronym' was too complex of a sentence. > > Technically XML is > an acronym, as GNU, SQL, FAT, BBC or TARDIS are. Probably we should > discuss whehter an 'acronym' is a subtype of the more general > 'abbreviation' type which is at the same time disjointed from the > 'contraction' subtype (e.g. Dr. for Doctor). > > Fede > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > 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 >
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