RE: Acronyms, abbreviations and initalisms

["Johnson, Tom" <TJohnson -at- starcutter -dot- com>]

Maybe. Why? How obvious is the distinction? I just looked it up and Webster says an initialism is an acronym.

Tom
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Subject: Acronyms, abbreviations and initalisms


Am I the only person who gets irritated when initalisms are incorrectly
described as acronyms? The distinction is quite obvious and simple and
yet time after time I see lists of "acronyms" that are initialisms and
this from technical communicators. The latest example I have just seen
is on the last page of April 06 Intercom magazine. 
 
Just a Friday rant!
 
David
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