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In lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, Todd Lehman writes:
> 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.
> Thus, both BayLTC and BayLUG actually -are- true acronyms -- as are WAMALUG
> (_Wa_shington _M_etro _A_rea _L_EGO _U_sers _Group), LUGNET (_L_EGO _U_sers
> _G_roup _Net_work), LEGO (_Le_g _Go_dt), Nabisco (_N_orth _A_merican _Bis_cuit
> _Co_mpany), Necco (_N_ew _E_ngland _C_onfectionary _Co_mpany), and MAVICA
> (_Ma_gnetic _Vi_deo _Ca_mera).
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 my head are LASER (L_ight A_mplification
by S_timulated E_mission of R_adiation), and (Todd, your reference to Mavica
reminded me of this) Karaoke... perhaps the strangest acronym I've ever
encountered, crossing not only two languages, but two writing systems! :)
Kara (Japanese character meaning "empty") - O_r_CHE_stra
--Karim
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