[thelist] Use of <abbr title>

[John Handelaar]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org
> [mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of Andrew Forsberg
> Sent: 14 March 2002 07:32
> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: Re: [thelist] Use of <abbr title>
>
>
> > >acronym: the first letters of several words (for
> > >example: WAI = Web Accessibility Initiative)
> >
> > Couldn't let this pass. I have a language nazi reputation to maintain,
> > after all. ;)
> >
> > I'm afraid you're not completely right.

Actually Madhu is right.

If it can't be pronounced as a word, it's not an
acronym.  Whether or not most/all acronyms are also
abbreviations (true) was not part of the original
post.

Meanwhile, you owe :-)

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