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(...) Just a friendly nit to pick... :) Acronyms don't actually have to be words which come from only single letters (such as scuba = _s_elf _c_ontained _u_nderwater _b_reating _a_pparatus), but can actually pull multiple letters from words. An (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Don't forget Pokemon (PO_c_KE_t MON_ster) :) <ducks> seriously, though... lots of things that we encounter every day are acronyms, even if their original meaning has been forgotten by most people... two examples I can think of off the top of (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I used to think Merriam Webster was "one smart woman". Now, I know that she employs others to do most of her thinking for her ;-) Wellllllll, okay. As long as it's a friendly nit pick :) I defer to superior wisdom and sit corrected. Of course (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Is it a always requirement of acronyms that they be written in all caps? It's interesting about the "y" thing! -- the only way to get BayLUG to be an actual acronym is to pull the "y" from "Bay", thus also pulling the "a" from "Bay" and (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) But you see on their website that balug is a linux user group. Alan (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I think so, until they cross over into regular noun "worddom", cf. scuba, radar. Words like "diesel" or "ohm" are no longer capped when impersonally used. Much in the same way, I've noticed that many hyphenated terms gradually lose their (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I'll never forget the day my Intro Calc prof was talking about capitalization and adjectives. He said, "The highest recognition -- the highest honor -- we can get as mathemeticians is a hundred years after we die, to have our name written in (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Neither diesel nor ohm are acronyms. Both are words formed from the inventor's or discoverer's name. So while an interesting point, it's not germane. (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Good thing I already have my shillelagh(1) out... *whap!* Bad Pun!! :) Jeff [FUPs to .o-t.pun] 1 - check offtopic.fun (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) letters (...) but (...) This calls for something I like so much, I keep it in my wallet: ACRONYM: A Contrived Reduction Of Nomenclature Yielding Mnemonics Frank (25 years ago, 18-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Ouch, I didn't even see that till you pointed it out. Am I good or what? (...) (25 years ago, 18-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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Which reminds me of one of my fave acronyms... for an editor somewhat like the world's best editor. MINCE = MINCE Is Not Complete Emacs (...) As for what I keep in *my* wallet? (this *is* .geek, after all)... a vi reference card. vi is the devil's (...) (25 years ago, 19-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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"Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:FrGuM6.6nH@lugnet.com... (...) letters (...) but (...) Well, as a card-carrying member of the organization that is the undisputed king of acronyms, just thought I would throw in my 200 Won (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Larry: (...) I manage with my "vi reference mug" - and daily use. Play well, Jacob PS: I don't use vi because it is better than emacs - it just happens to appear to be slightly more Jacob friendly. ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) gradually (...) Thanks for keeping us germane, jackson.. -Tom McD. when replying, spamcakes make excellent wheel blocks. (rerun due to illness) (25 years ago, 22-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) Very sly, waiting until I put my shillelagh away to pull out the pun... But that won't save you, because I have my wiffle bat! *fwap!* :) Oh, and for the record, that was a real groaner... Jeff (25 years ago, 22-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) I'll go for "or what", Regis. And yes, that is my final answer. :) Jeff (...) (25 years ago, 22-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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