"acronyisms"
Barnhart
barnhart at HIGHLANDS.COM
Sat Apr 8 21:37:45 UTC 2006
My point of view concerning these forms is that they are abbreviations
(the ones given are initialisms) not acronyms. Acronyisms is a term of
dubious origin--probably due to ignorance of linguistic terminology.
I realise that nobody asked for my two cents. I just thought I'd throw it
in.
Regards,
David
barnhart at highlands.com
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