Re: [OT] Re: [libreoffice-users] HSLQLDB syntax

On Tue, 16 Jul 2013, Brian Barker wrote:

> At 02:02 16/07/2013 -0400, Felmon Davis wrote:
> > On Sun, 14 Jul 2013, Doug wrote:
> > > This is not an acronym. It can't be pronounced as a word. (See dictionary 
> > > definition in URL below.)
> >
> > the definition says:
> > -----
> >  : a word (as NATO, radar, or laser) formed from the initial letter or 
> > letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term; 
> > [...]
> > -----
> >
> > I'm missing the part about being pronounced as a word.
>
> May I help?  I think I can.  It's right there in the second word of the 
> definition: it says it's a *word*, so it'll be pronounced as, er, a word!

ah, now I see where that comes from!

deviates from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym> which counts the 
following formations as acronyms:

    BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation
    OEM: Original Equipment Manufacturer
    USA: The United States of America
    FGM: Female Genital Mutilation

or maybe it doesn't deviate after all since they can also be 
pronounced as words (any string of initials can).

I'm going to let Anne-ology make the call.

F.


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Felmon Davis

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