Let's all learn what an acronym is

[Lysander]

Or, as I was going to write, let's all learn what a sodding acronym is.

I see people get this wrong time and time again.

An acronym is an abbreviation, the letters of which stand for other words.

Examples:

Laser - Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

Radar - Radio Detection and Ranging

Sonar - Sound Navigation and Ranging

RAID - Redundant Array of Independent Disks

Acronyms are all words which you can speak phonetically and which fit into a sentence like, "oh look, a blue laser" or "gosh, I do find RAID arrays fascinating."

Things like PLC, HTML, MP are not acronyms, they are just abbreviations. You could not speak them aloud as full words: you have to spell out their individual letters.

Now stop getting it wrong.

 

[DampCat]

Thanks!

 

[fini]

HTML

You mean to say HTML isn't pronounced hrtiml?

Gosh, I feel I have learnt a lot from this thread...

EDIT: DVD is a good example of an acronym given its 'doovde' pronunciation.

 

[DampCat]

tbh, i've been telling people to follow the yurl for ages.

 

[Burnsy2023]

Somehow I feel this is aimed at me

 

[Weebull]

lol

 

[Kerplunk]

Wait for it.....

 

[HEADRAT]

My favourite acronym is:-

SCUBA : Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

 

[Inquisitor]

Things like PLC, HTML, MP are not acronyms, they are just abbreviations. You could not speak them aloud as full words: you have to spell out their individual letters.

They're actually initialisms – a particular type of abbreviation.

 

[Greebo]

"gosh, I do find RAID arrays fascinating."



Now stop getting it wrong.

Isn't that wrong as well though? RAID already includes "Array" so you should never say "RAID arrays"

That's one of my pet hates. People who don;t know what the acronym stands for and then adds the same word afterwards eg "ram memory"

 

[Barry Smalley]

My favourite acronym is:-

SCUBA : Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

Not so keen on FIAT?

 

[taz488]

get a hobby

 

[Greebo]

Not so keen on FIAT?

Why? Nothing wrong with Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino

 

[Angleboy]

Why? Nothing wrong with Fix It Again Tony

 

[rubberduck]

How about people who say PIN number?

 

[Le_Petit_Lapin]

http://www.acronymfinder.com/

DIY method.

How about people who say PIN number?

Idiots tbh. "Could you bash in your PIN mate?" is what I use.

 

[Dj_Jestar]

TLAs are great.

 

[gumbald]

Beaten to the doovde.

 

[Greebo]

This is my favourite and I used to own one too.

JEEP = Just Empty Every Pocket

 

[The_blue]

My favourite acronym is:-

SCUBA : Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

Kind of like that one myself