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In lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, Todd Lehman writes:
> 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).
>
> [1] Merriam-Webster®
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 you're right. It was late for me, and I
forgot about other IRL examples. So I guess the club could either be correctly
written as "BAyLUG", capping the "A" to include the "Area" in "Bay
Area"; "BayLUG", as in proper noun; or "baylug", as in lowercase standard url.
Ever noticed that nits are always in season cuz people keep picking them
fresh? Or is the expression based on the activity of monkeys when they groom
each other? :)
[F-up set away from lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, but also added lugnet.off-topic.fun]
-Tom McD.
when replying, everybody misses that loveable Sr. Wences character "El Torto
de Spam" (close de door, es cold! 'sa'right!)
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