 | | Re: What makes an acronym (was: Re: quick question) —Tom McDonald
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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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| | | | | Re: What makes an acronym (was: Re: quick question) —Todd Lehman
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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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| | | | | | Re: What makes an acronym (was: Re: quick question) —Alan Gerber
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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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| | | | | | Re: What makes an acronym (was: Re: quick question) —Tom McDonald
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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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| | | | | | Re: What makes an acronym (was: Re: quick question) —Todd Lehman
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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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| | | | | | Re: What makes an acronym (was: Re: quick question) —Larry Pieniazek
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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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| | | | | | Re: What makes an acronym (was: Re: quick question) —Jeff Stembel
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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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| | | | | | | Re: What makes an acronym (was: Re: quick question) —Larry Pieniazek
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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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| | | | | | | | Re: What makes an acronym (was: Re: quick question) —Jeff Stembel
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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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| | | | | | Re: What makes an acronym (was: Re: quick question) —Tom McDonald
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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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| | | | | | Re: What makes an acronym (was: Re: quick question) —Jeff Stembel
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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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