Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My favorite TLA which we use on my work site a lot is BAU - Business as Usual. Barney "SonC (Sonny Carter)" wrote: > acronym > > Abbreviation Confusing Recollection Of Name You Misremember > > Regards, > SonC > > From: "Malcolm McCullough" > > > >TLA -- three-letter-acronym > > > > Isn't it a 'three-letter-abbreviation'? > > An acronym is an abbreviation that can be pronounced as a > word, like SCSI is > > scuzzy (as in 'my old Sprintscan 4000 is getting really > scuzzy, I must get a > > Nikon 8000ED now'). TLA itself is not an acronym, it is an > abvreviation. > > I know that this sounds very picky, and I do have my > tongue in my cheek, but > > 'acronym' has a particular meaning and if 'acronym' loses > that meaning and > > just becomes another word for abbreviation we should then > have to invent > > another word for an abbreviation that is pronounced as a > word. We would you > > know. Trust me on this. > > > > My favourite acronym, in the official local government > language of 'Bolleaux > > Complets', was / is POSSLQ, pronounced posslekew. 'Person > of the opposite > > sex sharing living quarters'. > > > > Kind Regards > > Mr V Picky > > (WOT? way off topic) > > > > > >