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Re: NSGMLS ??

From	Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: NSGMLS ??
Date	2012-01-04 16:56 -0800
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On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:47:22 -0800, Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net>
wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :

>     Here is the first definition for initialism at
>dictionary.reference.com:

the OED defines them this way:

acronym: a word formed from the initial letters of other words:
e.g.LASER

initialism: a abbreviation formed of initial letters pronounced
separetely: e.g. BBC

So it seems that initialisms are a subset of acronyms.

 So that would make NSGMLS both an acronym and an initialism. However
if you pronounce it N S G M Lz then it is no longer an initialism.
-- 
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
http://mindprod.com
If you can't remember the name of some method, 
consider changing it to something you can remember.

Thread

NSGMLS ?? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-12-20 07:03 -0800
  Re: NSGMLS ?? Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-12-20 10:09 -0500
    Re: NSGMLS ?? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-12-20 07:44 -0800
      Re: NSGMLS ?? Michael Jung <miju@golem.phantasia.org> - 2011-12-20 21:14 +0100
      Re: NSGMLS ?? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-12-20 15:13 -0800
        Re: NSGMLS ?? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-12-20 15:29 -0800
          Re: NSGMLS ?? glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2011-12-20 23:57 +0000
        Re: NSGMLS ?? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-12-21 07:01 -0800
          Re: NSGMLS ?? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-12-21 11:10 -0800
          Re: NSGMLS ?? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-12-22 02:38 -0800
            Re: NSGMLS ?? Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-12-22 07:55 -0500
              Re: NSGMLS ?? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-12-22 10:38 -0800
            Re: NSGMLS ?? Jim Gibson <jimsgibson@gmail.com> - 2011-12-22 11:26 -0800
              Re: NSGMLS ?? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-12-22 11:47 -0800
                Re: NSGMLS ?? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-01-04 16:56 -0800
            Re: NSGMLS ?? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-12-22 21:13 -0500
        Re: NSGMLS ?? bugbear <bugbear@trim_papermule.co.uk_trim> - 2012-01-05 11:20 +0000

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