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Anonymous, 3 yr 183 days ago

FYI

FAA  W R G 2 K E A I O C.

Anonymous, 3 yr 170 days ago
abbreviation
A shortened form of a word or phrase used chiefly in writing to represent the complete form; for example, U.K. for United Kingdom. Compare contraction.

acronym
A word formed from the initial parts of a name, such as NATO, from North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, or Commintern, from Communist International.
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Anonymous, 2 yr 306 days ago

dear friends.

i'm a student who in studying linguistic now.

after i saw your answers, i found some mistakes.

abbreviation is the commest way of shorting in english. it taks parts of the word    e.g. esp.----especial

acronyms is which take the initial letter pronounced as a word.   e.g. UNESCO  /junesco/    

the one which you said like WTO, USA is called initialism, the initial letter is pronounced sepreately.

they all belongs to shortings

that's all

                                                                                             Fiona

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Thank you Fiona, but I did not find that your response was different from the ones given previously. We'll look forward to hearing more from you - linguistic students tend to have a lot of insight. Why not think about registering?
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Anonymous, 148 days ago
This link sums it all up really well.

initialism vs. abbreviation vs. acronym

Clive  +  778099 Sat, 13 Jun 09 12:42 AM
Hi,

When I click on those two links, I get

 

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Tanit  +  778680 Sat, 13 Jun 09 05:22 PM
Clive
“Hi,

When I click on those two links, I get


error 404 - file not found


Clive

”


Clive, I've fixed his/her link. It should be working, now.

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