Talk:Initialism
Talk:Initialism QANTAS seems like a bad example here because it is not an initialism but rather, like NATO, an acronym. No ... by definition, is the difference between an initialism and an acronym viz. that the initialism is pronounced letter by letter and the ... a single word unit. M-W defines initialism as "an acronym formed from initial ...
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Talk:Aka (initialism)
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Acronym and initialism
Acronym and initialism Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations such as ... from RAdio Detection And Ranging, while an initialism refers to an abbreviation pronounced as the ... literally 'NorthBig'). In such languages, the term initialism is irrelevant. History In the English language ... The first recorded use of the word initialism in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is ... convention of doubling the letters in the initialism is used to indicate plural words, ...
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Talk:Acronym and initialism
Talk:Acronym and initialism Archives Talk:Acronym and initialism/Archive I See also: Talk:Acronym Talk:Initialism Is the obsolescence of a distinction just ... specific on the matter: see acronym and initialism. Is the lack of a sensible distinction ... for a similar search for "is an initialism", indicating that the word initialism is ...
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Talk:Acronym and initialism/Archive I
Talk:Acronym and initialism/Archive I < Talk:Acronym and initialism Merge suggestion I believe this article plus ... believe that the articles on acronym and initialism should be merged - they entail the reduction ... you consult its definitions for acronym and initialism. Change from the word acronym actually refers ... like "NATO" or "AIDS", and the term initialism is used for abbreviations which are ...
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Talk:Acronym/Archive 2
... And Ranging). Also quasar, as per above. initialism -- a name formed from the initials of ... Dictionary agrees, advising, in its definition of initialism "Contrast acronym", and giving the definitions of ... I don't believe an acronym and initialism are anything near the same thing and ... that be a modern development combining the initialism with the acronym? Are we going to ... a good reason for mixing acronym and initialism together? That is a sincere question. ...
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Talk:Acronym
... as science terminology, and both acronym and initialism are deprecated in favour of 'abbreviated form ... just got blank stares when I mentioned initialism. By the way, when do you start ... definition of acronym, and the existance of initialism as a category of abbreviations, is important ... further defeats the need for a separate "initialism acronym" article. [[User:Anárion|]] 17:35, 31 ... 2 (UTC) BTW (that would be an initialism, BTW), just as a side note ...
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Talk:List of acronyms and initialisms
... somebody can think of an acronym or initialism that is not an abbreviation.) Of the ... illustrative samples AIDS is both acronym and initialism, Interpol is an acronym but not an initialism, FBI is an initialism but not an acronym, and ACLU is an initialism which could be an acronym if ...
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List of alternative country names
... 27665;共和国 (official, Chinese), PRC (initialism), Communist China (colloquial, mainly used by Western ... 20013;華民國 (official, Chinese), ROC (initialism), Chinese Taipei/中華台北 (international ... formerly meant only West Germany), BRD (German initialism) Greece (official English description) Hellas (official and ... Unidos Mexicanos (official, Spanish), Mejico (Variant), MEX (initialism), MX (initialism) N Description Other name(s) or ...
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Talk:Abbreviation
... above—it is indeed one. The artificial acronym/initialism distinction has always irked me, and I ... acronyms are abbreviations, yes. From the OED: "Initialism: The use of initials; a significative group ... notices that someone is suggesting Acronym and initialism and Syllabic abbreviation should be merged in ... may soon merge Apocopation and Acronym and initialism as well, depending on community comment. Brisvegas ... either, but in my mind, acronyms and initialism are different concepts from abbrevations (allthough ...
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