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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]
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).
--Todd
[1] Merriam-Webster®
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| (...) Yes. Sort of. Mostly. Read on. (...) generically (...) kinda (...) 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, but it wasn't quite (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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