Uber-pedant alertAn 'acronym' is an abbreviation that makes a new word. [Like NATO]
An 'initialism' is an abbreviation that does not. [Like CIA]
There are also abbreviations that are neither. [Like Abbr or const]
An 'acrostic' is a phrase or poem whose initial letters, or syllables, of words, or paragraphs, make an existing word. [Such as The War Against Terror]
And, for completeness, a contraction is when two words merge into one [usually seperated by a comma such as 'don't' instead of 'do not']
//Edit: B3ta does not like Umlauts!
(An 'initialism' is an abbreviation that does not. [Like CIA]
There are also abbreviations that are neither. [Like Abbr or const]
An 'acrostic' is a phrase or poem whose initial letters, or syllables, of words, or paragraphs, make an existing word. [Such as The War Against Terror]
And, for completeness, a contraction is when two words merge into one [usually seperated by a comma such as 'don't' instead of 'do not']
//Edit: B3ta does not like Umlauts!
coder.keitaro I like pies!,
Sat 13 Aug 2005, 16:55,
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ahemit's an apostrophe, not a comma.
edit: you just can't do the umlauts in the subject line. Something to do with gremlins, if I recall.
(edit: you just can't do the umlauts in the subject line. Something to do with gremlins, if I recall.
gronkpan https://twitter.com/VomitingLarry,
Sat 13 Aug 2005, 16:56,
archived)
Damn!I always get them confused.
"An aposthrophe is a comma that can jump."
should remember primary school lessons.
[Although that was a long time ago now...]
("An aposthrophe is a comma that can jump."
should remember primary school lessons.
[Although that was a long time ago now...]
coder.keitaro I like pies!,
Sat 13 Aug 2005, 17:01,
archived)