 | | Re: Acronyms (Was Re: Lugnet Guide a lot less convenient today) —Dave Schuler
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| | | (...) Hmm.. I've heard the phrase "so-and-so drives a Rolls," which is like saying "so-and-so drives a cars." Strange. I would argue that the plural of AFOL is AFOL, since "F" can stand for "Fans" as easily as it can for "Fan." I've often heard the (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | Re: Acronyms (Was Re: Lugnet Guide a lot less convenient today) —Mark Sandlin
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| | | | | (...) "radar" wasn't a word until the technology was invented. So does that mean it isn't an acronym? This is what Dictionary.com has to say about it: ----- ac·ro·nym (kr-nm) n. A word formed from the initial letters of a name, such as WAC for (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | Re: Acronyms (Was Re: Lugnet Guide a lot less convenient today) —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | (...) Not a "real" word, but a word nonetheless, as opposed to a string of distinct letters. AFOL, if pronounced as a word ("I'm an AFOL") rather than spelled out ("I'm an A-F-O-L"), is an acronym by that definition. The convention was to say "WAC" (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | Re: Acronyms (Was Re: Lugnet Guide a lot less convenient today) —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | (...) ACRONYM: A contrived reduction of nomenclature yielding mnemonics.... (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Acronyms (Was Re: Lugnet Guide a lot less convenient today) —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | (...) As opposed to a certain really ominous subject that's inevitably christened "acrostic." Dave! (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Acronyms (Was Re: Lugnet Guide a lot less convenient today) —Kevin Bannister
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| | | | | | (...) ACRONYM: Abbreviation by CROpping Names that Yield Meaning (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | Re: Acronyms (Was Re: Lugnet Guide a lot less convenient today) —Maggie Cambron
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| | | | (...) Oops, I should clarify that Rolls Royce is both the singular and the plural form. Maggie C. (who has once again sacrificed clarity for the sake of brevity) Oh yes, and I shall henceforth use AFOL as the plural of AFOL since your argument that (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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