[ubuntu-uk] acronyms?

[Sean Miller]

Tony Arnold wrote:
> Sean Miller wrote:
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>> Nik Butler wrote:
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>>> Llywelyn Owen wrote:
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>>>> By the way these are not acronyms they're abbreviations. Sorry to be 
>>>> so pedantic!
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>>> you know what . he is correct as well , they are Abbreviations, and it 
>>> is being pedantic. Though for the record im being ironic . ( i think!  )
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>> ac?ro?nym /??kr?n?m/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled 
>> Pronunciation[*ak*-r/uh/-nim] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
>> --noun
>> 1. 	a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words 
>> in a set phrase or series of words, as /Wac/ from /Women's Army Corps,/ 
>> /OPEC/ from /Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries,/ or /loran/ 
>> from /long-range navigation./
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>> So, how precisely can JFDI and LW2A be said to not be acronyms?
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> Because they are not words?
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"Just f##king do it" .. "Let's wait to agree"... where are the non-words?

It is unimportant, obviously, but I'm just interested in why people 
think those aren't acronyms as I would argue they are great examples of 
the genre...

Sean