http://www.economist.com/research/st...fm?page=673903

It starts...

Acronym: this is a word, like radar or NATO, not a set of initials,
like the BBC or the IMF.

I read that and thought, yes this is one for UKRM.
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In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, spamtrap2
@ntlworld.com says...
> http://www.economist.com/research/st...fm?page=673903
>
> It starts...
>
> Acronym: this is a word, like radar or NATO, not a set of initials,
> like the BBC or the IMF.
>
> I read that and thought, yes this is one for UKRM.

It's technically incorrect.

An acronym is a word made from the first letters or syllables of other
words, simple as that.

"ginge" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, spamtrap2
> @ntlworld.com says...
>> http://www.economist.com/research/st...fm?page=673903
>>
>> It starts...
>>
>> Acronym: this is a word, like radar or NATO, not a set of initials,
>> like the BBC or the IMF.
>>
>> I read that and thought, yes this is one for UKRM.
>
> It's technically incorrect.
>
> An acronym is a word made from the first letters or syllables of other
> words, simple as that.
>
>

No it's not.

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
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>
> "ginge" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, spamtrap2
> > @ntlworld.com says...
> >> http://www.economist.com/research/st...fm?page=673903
> >>
> >> It starts...
> >>
> >> Acronym: this is a word, like radar or NATO, not a set of initials,
> >> like the BBC or the IMF.
> >>
> >> I read that and thought, yes this is one for UKRM.
> >
> > It's technically incorrect.
> >
> > An acronym is a word made from the first letters or syllables of other
> > words, simple as that.
> >
> >
>
> No it's not.

uh huh...

http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/cham...chref.py/main?
query=Acronym

http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/acronym

STFU :-)

ginge wrote:
> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, spamtrap2
> @ntlworld.com says...
>> http://www.economist.com/research/st...fm?page=673903
>>
>> It starts...
>>
>> Acronym: this is a word, like radar or NATO, not a set of initials,
>> like the BBC or the IMF.
>>
>> I read that and thought, yes this is one for UKRM.
>
> It's technically incorrect.
>
> An acronym is a word made from the first letters or syllables of other
> words, simple as that.

You mean like ACRONYM for "A Completely Random Order Not Yielding Meaning" ?

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On 21 Apr, 00:27, ginge <the.gingeREM...@THISgmail.com> wrote:
> In article <46293dc...@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com>,
> xyztn...@lineone.net says...
>
>
>
> > "ginge" <the.gingeREM...@THISgmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:(E-Mail Removed). ..
> > > In article <jkei23p2eqdm1pg5jn4foueo3jmrpsh...@4ax.com>, spamtrap2
> > > @ntlworld.com says...

>
> > > An acronym is a word made from the first letters or syllables of other
> > > words, simple as that.
>
> > No it's not.
>
> uh huh...
>
> http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/cham...chref.py/main?
> query=Acronym
>
> http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/acronym
>


Er, the Chambers definition that you cite agrees with the Economist's
style guide. The definition of acronym that you prefer is the American
version (as confirmed by the definition on the Merriam-Webster link).
We would call a construction such as BBC an initialism.

BTW, I find the Economist's style guide very useful. The Economist's
writing style is very clear and concise, and well worth imitating if
writing for 'official' purposes. And it's an indispensable tool for
pedantic arseholes as well.

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On 20 Apr 2007 22:54:40 -0700, JW <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Economist's style guide

Nice link, thanks. Bookmarked. But I've been wondering lately,
(because I use these far too much). Where, when a set of brackets is
used, does one put the full stop?

Here I say a load of junk. (More here.) More here.
or
Here I say a load of junk. (More here). More here.

I think the first is technically correct, but the second 'looks' right
to me. Can't see it in the style guide.

Pedantic's ahoy!

On 21 Apr, 12:32, Mike Barnard <m.barnard.trous...@thunderin.co.uk>
wrote:
>
> >Economist's style guide
>
> Nice link, thanks. Bookmarked. But I've been wondering lately,
> (because I use these far too much). Where, when a set of brackets is
> used, does one put the full stop?
>
> Here I say a load of junk. (More here.) More here.
> or
> Here I say a load of junk. (More here). More here.
>
> I think the first is technically correct, but the second 'looks' right
> to me. Can't see it in the style guide.
>
> Pedantic's ahoy!

Neither, IMHO. Here I say a load of junk (more here). More here.

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Champ wrote:
>
> On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:32:02 +0100, Mike Barnard
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >Nice link, thanks. Bookmarked. But I've been wondering lately,
> >(because I use these far too much). Where, when a set of brackets is
> >used, does one put the full stop?
> >
> >Here I say a load of junk. (More here.) More here.
> >or
> >Here I say a load of junk. (More here). More here.
> >
> >I think the first is technically correct, but the second 'looks' right
> >to me. Can't see it in the style guide.
> >
> >Pedantic's ahoy!
>
> "Pedants"
>
> hth.

I think you might have just been whooshed.

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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember JW <(E-Mail Removed)> saying
something like:

>> Here I say a load of junk. (More here.) More here.
>> or
>> Here I say a load of junk. (More here). More here.
>>
>> I think the first is technically correct, but the second 'looks' right
>> to me. Can't see it in the style guide.
>>
>> Pedantic's ahoy!
>
>Neither, IMHO. Here I say a load of junk (more here). More here.

Load of *******s (iyam).
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