13 Oct
2019
13 Oct
'19
1:39 a.m.
On 10/10/19 22:46, Dave Horsfall wrote:
On Thu, 10 Oct 2019, Noel Chiappa wrote:
At the risk of being labelled a pedant. from the OED:
acronym orig. U.S. (ˈækrənɪm) [f. acr(o- + -onym after homonym.]
A word formed from the initial letters of other words. Hence as v.
trans., to convert into an acronym (chiefly pass. and as pa. pple.).
Also acroˈnymic a.; acroˈnymically adv.; ˈacronyming vbl. n.;
ˈacronymize v. trans.
vs.
initialism (ɪnˈɪʃəlɪzm) [f. initial n. + -ism.]
The use of initials; a significative group of initial letters. Now spec.
a group of initial letters used as an abbreviation for a name or
expression, each letter or part being pronounced separately (contrasted
with acronym).
N.
DEC documentation mostly used uppercase in the
text; e.g. the "pdp11
peripherals handbook" (to transcribe the cover exactly) uses "PDP-11"
several times on pg 1-1.
And being an acronym it is of course upper-case... -- Dave