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MarkC
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Quote: from Broken Leg on 9:35 pm on Jan. 30, 2005
GTG - Good To Go
HISO - Health Information Standards Organisation,
Still an acronym despite it's different meaning on this forum
ohhh, you're being pedantic f***er again. Still you seem to be very good at it.
GTG? Thank you. He didn't say HISO, he said HiSo. One's an acronym, one's a contraction.
And I'm being 'a' pedantic f***er...
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Posted on: 7:48 pm on Jan. 30, 2005
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tourist
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MarkC
Webster's dictionary gives radar as an example of an acronym. It says an acronym is a word made from the initial letters or parts of a series of words. Another definitiion I've seen is - a pronounceable word formed from the initial letter or letters of the constituent words. HiSo is an acronym. Is it spelled HISO, HiSo or hiso? It's been spelled all three ways on BTF.
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Posted on: 10:21 pm on Jan. 30, 2005
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MarkC
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Quote: from tourist on 10:15 am on Jan. 31, 2005
MarkC
Webster's dictionary gives radar as an example of an acronym. It says an acronym is a word made from the initial letters or parts of a series of words. Another definitiion I've seen is - a pronounceable word formed from the initial letter or letters of the constituent words. HiSo is an acronym. Is it spelled HISO, HiSo or hiso? It's been spelled all three ways on BTF.
OK, I found it on the Internet, but I checked it and it's right...
From the concise OED: ''acronym, n. a word, usu. pronounced as such, formed from the initial letters of other words (e.g. Ernie, laser, Nato). [Greek akron ‘end’ + onuma = onoma ‘name’]
You can keep *your* Merriam-Webster!'' (NB That last bit's part of the quote.)
PS ERNIE=Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment, LASER=Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation, NATO=North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
PPS HISO is an acronym (Health Information Standards Organisation, apparently). HiSo isn't. It's a contraction of 'High Society'. I know it's boring and dull, but the words 'contraction', 'abbreviation' and 'acronym' mean different things.
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Posted on: 12:11 am on Jan. 31, 2005
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expatchuck
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What's another name for a "synonym"?
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Posted on: 7:25 am on Jan. 31, 2005
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tourist
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According to the four sources below, radar is an acronym. Since radar is an acronym, HiSo is an acronym.
----------------------------------------------------------------------Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
One entry found for acronym.
Main Entry: ac·ro·nym
Pronunciation: 'a-kr&-"nim
Function: noun
Etymology: acr- + -onym
: a word (as NATO, radar, or snafu) formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term; also : an abbreviation (as FBI) formed from initial letters : INITIALISM
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
ac·ro·nym ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kr-nm)
n.
A word formed from the initial letters of a name, such as WAC for Women's Army Corps, or by combining initial letters or parts of a series of words, such as radar for radio detecting and ranging.
[acr (o) - + -onym.]
acro·nymic or a·crony·mous (-krn-ms) adj.
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msn Encarta
ac·ro·nym [ ákrənim ] (plural ac·ro·nyms)
noun
word formed from initials: a word formed from the initials or other parts of several words, for example, “NATO,” from the initial letters of “North Atlantic Treaty Organization”
[Mid-20th century. Literally “tip-name.”]
ra·dar [ ráy dr ]
noun
1. object-locating system: the use of reflected radio waves to determine the presence, location, and speed of distant objects. The system has military, law-enforcement, and navigational applications. Examples of its uses include the locating of enemy aircraft or ships and the monitoring of vehicle speeds.
2. object-locating equipment: the electronic equipment that transmits and receives high-frequency radio waves to detect, locate, and track distant objects
[Mid-20th century. Acronym formed from “radio detection and ranging.”]
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations formed from the initial letter or letters of words, such as NATO and XHTML, and are pronounced in a way that is distinct from the full pronunciation of what the letters stand for.
Of the two words, acronym is the much more frequently used and known, and many speakers and writers refer to all abbreviations formed from initial letters as acronyms. However, many others differentiate between acronyms and initialisms. An acronym is a pronounceable word formed from the initial letter or letters of the constituent words, such as NATO. An initialism is an abbreviation pronounced as the names of the individual letters, and is formed only from the initial letter of constituent words, such as TLA. This distinction is supported by many dictionary definitions, but not by all.
Examples
pronounced as a word, containing only initial letters:
NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
laser: light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
scuba: self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
pronounced as a word, containing non-initial letters:
Interpol: International Criminal Police Organization
Gestapo: Geheime Staatspolizei ("secret state police")
radar: radio detection and ranging
CONMEBOL: Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (South American Football Confederation)
Trivia
The longest acronym, according to the 1965 edition of Acronyms, Initialisms and Abbreviations Dictionary, is ADCOMSUBORDCOMPHIBSPAC, a United States Navy term that stands for "Administrative Command, Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet Subordinate Command."
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Posted on: 8:56 am on Jan. 31, 2005
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Shredded Wheat
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Yes - but can anyone tell me what an acronym is?
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Posted on: 6:12 pm on June 11, 2005
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MarkC
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From the concise OED: ''acronym, n. a word, usu. pronounced as such, formed from the initial letters of other words (e.g. Ernie, laser, Nato). [Greek akron ‘end’ + onuma = onoma ‘name’]
PS I wouldn't bother with all those US dictionaries that other bloke was using. They all seem to be wrong 
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Posted on: 11:29 pm on June 11, 2005
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Ronnie Raygun
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Did you know an anagram for acronym is "moan cry"? Analogous to my reaction to some of these posts.
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Posted on: 6:58 pm on June 12, 2005
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TwinkleToes
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Quote from Shredded Wheat:
"Yes - but can anyone tell me what an acronym is?"
It's an acronym for Appreciate Cherish and Respect Our NYMphomaniacs.
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Posted on: 9:16 am on June 13, 2005
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