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Posted by Mark Lloyd on November 4, 2006, 12:44 pm
On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 14:02:30 GMT, spambait@milmac.com (Doug Miller)
wrote:
>>It's not an acronym unless it's pronounced as a word. If spelled out, or it
>>doesn't make a word it's just an abbreviation.
>>
>>Then you have the people who insist on being redundant. Some examples:
>>vin number
>>nic card
>>pin number
>>
>>this drives me up a wall when people say these.
>>
>ATM machine
CD disk
HIV virus
VCR recorder
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"Unlike biological evolution. 'intelligent design' is
not a genuine scientific theory and, therefore, has
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Posted by Mark Lloyd on November 4, 2006, 12:26 pm
On Fri, 3 Nov 2006 21:02:19 -0600, "Steve Barker LT"
>It's not an acronym unless it's pronounced as a word. If spelled out, or it
>doesn't make a word it's just an abbreviation.
>
>Then you have the people who insist on being redundant. Some examples:
>vin number
>nic card
>pin number
>
>this drives me up a wall when people say these.
I feel that way too. Since a lot of people get angry, I created a web
page where I post stuff like that.
http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com/definitions.html
A lot of it is apostrophes that don't belong. I included a bunch of
funny-sounding definitions.
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51 days until the winter solstice celebration
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com
"Unlike biological evolution. 'intelligent design' is
not a genuine scientific theory and, therefore, has
no place in the curriculum of our nation's public
school classes." -- Ted Kennedy
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Posted by sylvan butler on November 7, 2006, 6:40 pm
On Fri, 3 Nov 2006 21:02:19 -0600, Steve Barker LT
> It's not an acronym unless it's pronounced as a word. If spelled out, or it
> doesn't make a word it's just an abbreviation.
>
> Then you have the people who insist on being redundant. Some examples:
> vin number
> nic card
> pin number
>
> this drives me up a wall when people say these.
Ooh, yeah. ads on the radio lately around here, "Corey Barton Homes has
changed their name. Now they are CBH Homes!"
No, tell me it ain't so!!!!
sdb
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Posted by on November 3, 2006, 10:16 am
RicodJour wrote:
> zeb7k@hotmail.com wrote:
> > Hi, I just wanted to find out how professsional electricians refer to
> > the National Electrical Code. Do they spell it out or do they
> > pronounce it "neck"?
>
> People don't say oosa, fibbee, or niba. They say USA, FBI and NBA.
> Same with the nec. ;)
>
> R
Yes, but they do say "oh-sha" for OSHA, "na-sa" for NASA, "pee-ta" for
PETA,
ergo the question.
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Posted by George E. Cawthon on November 3, 2006, 1:18 pm
zeb7k@hotmail.com wrote:
> RicodJour wrote:
>> zeb7k@hotmail.com wrote:
>>> Hi, I just wanted to find out how professsional electricians refer to
>>> the National Electrical Code. Do they spell it out or do they
>>> pronounce it "neck"?
>> People don't say oosa, fibbee, or niba. They say USA, FBI and NBA.
>> Same with the nec. ;)
>>
>> R
>
> Yes, but they do say "oh-sha" for OSHA, "na-sa" for NASA, "pee-ta" for
> PETA,
> ergo the question.
>
Also, references to the FBI often just say fibs.
If one can make a pronounceable word, even if it
doesn't follow the initials, it will usually be
pronounced that way by a large portion of the
people. Way easier to say one or two syllables
than three or four initials.
The question was valid.
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