Sonia Abecassis wrote:
> I thought NAMBLA was North America Man Boy Love
Association ! That was =
another pretext to deny legitimacy to ILGA at the UN ..
> Seriously, could someone give the URL to a glossary
so RARA-Avis reader=
s who are not native English speakers would not be confused
?
> Thanks, Sonia
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : michael david sharp
<msharp@umich.edu>
> =C0 : rara-avis@icomm.ca
<rara-avis@icomm.ca>
> Date : mardi 16 juin 1998 13:52
> Objet : Re: RARA-AVIS: How about:
>
> >This inquiry began w/ the assertion that
"acronym" is not the right wo=
rd.
> >Your definition is correct, but ACLU and MLA are
not "words," that is,=
you
> >don't say them phonetically, which seems to be
the criterion of an acr=
onym
> >(M.A.D.D., U.N.C.L.E., NATO, NAMBLA, Nabisco
[from National Biscuit
> >Company], etc.). Unless you call the ACLU
"ack-loo."
> >
> >Thanks to all who have tried to answer this
question. "Initials" seems
> >weak to me, since it refers to the individual
letters and not the unit=
,
> >but it'll have to do. Back to crime.
> >
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------
> >Michael D. Sharp Email:
msharp@umich.edu
> >Department of English Lang. and Lit. Phone: (313)
761-8776
> >University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Fax: (313)
763-3128
> >
> >On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Don Cannon wrote:
> >
> >> Someone asked about a more specific term for
abbreviations like ACLU
> >> and MLA. It's acronym, which is the word for
words composed of the
> >> first letter of the parts of a phrase. I was
surprised that Webster=
's
> >> 9th Collegiate used snafu as an
example.
> >>
> >> Don
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