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Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:21:00 +0100
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Uriel Apeiron wrote on 30 July 2008 20:23:

> Hi,
> 
> I was poking around the Cygwin site and noticed the 'acronym' section.
>  The section should be called 'abbreviations'.  Acronyms are a subset
> of abbreviations that a person can say like a word, like squares are a
> subset of rectangles.  All acronyms are abbreviations but not vice
> versa.  CIA is an abbreviation, NASA is an acronym.

  Embi, but yowtwit!  We carelessly mingle acronyms and abbreviations bwam -
iafnab![*]  Afair a few of them even come with pronounciation guides, so
wadr[**] I think you're pol!

  Scnr![***]


  Oh, and if you're going to reply, PCYMTNQREAIYR.[****]

    cheers,
      DaveK

[*]   - pronounced like 'yafnab'.
[**]  - pronounced like 'wadder'.
[***] - pronounced like 'scanner'.
[****] - pronounced like - oh, what the hell, you've had enough free
examples,  it should be obvious by now.
-- 
Can't think of a witty .sigline today....


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