• From: "bryan rasmussen" <rasmussen.bryan@g...>
• To: mike@m...
• Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:59:49 +0200

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 1:56 PM,  <mike@m...> wrote:
> "You may be reading the above definitions a bit odd, but it certainly
> isn't clear. It does in fact *not* say that the acronym must form a
> word"
>
> The definition starts "acronym - a word formed..." seems to me to a clear statement that it must be a word. I think that a word is something more than just a sequence of letters;
The logic unfortunately breaks down right about the part where you
decide what is meant by the term 'word'.

Cheers,
Bryan Rasmussen

• References:
  • Re: Is "XML" an abbreviation or an acronym?
    • From: mike@m...