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Subject:	Re: What makes an acronym (was: Re: quick question)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun
Date:	Fri, 17 Mar 2000 22:51:28 GMT
Reply-To:	lar@[NoSpam]voyager.net
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Tom McDonald wrote: > 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 hyphens upon acceptance. Anyone remember "micro-computer"? :) 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. -- Larry Pieniazek - lpieniazek@mercator.com - http://my.voyager.net/lar http://www.mercator.com. Mercator, the e-business transformation company fund Lugnet(tm): http://www.ebates.com/ ref: lar, 1/2 $$ to lugnet. Note: this is a family forum!

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		Re: What makes an acronym (was: Re: quick question)
(...) 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)

		Re: What makes an acronym (was: Re: quick question)
(...) 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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(...) 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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