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Todd Lehman wrote in message ...
> In lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, Tom McDonald writes:
> > [...] BayLTC or bayLTC is to be thought of as Bay Area Lego Train Club,
> > but that's technically not a true acronym. But BayLUG itself is not 100%
> > acronym either, [...]
>
> 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 acronym is "a word formed from the initial letter or letters of each of
> the successive parts or major parts of a compound term."[1]
This calls for something I like so much, I keep it in my wallet:
ACRONYM: A Contrived Reduction Of Nomenclature Yielding Mnemonics
Frank
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