T.I.P. acronym--1895

[Douglas G. Wilson]

>Maybe, but it's surprising to me that they were even thinking
>acronymically as early as 1895.

I asked a related question here some time back about a very dubious acronym
much earlier (not in English but mentioned in English sources):

http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0204A&L=ads-l&P=R912

If there are backronyms (bogus acronyms) can true acronyms be far behind?

-- Doug Wilson