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- From: jcav@quads.uchicago.edu (JohnC)
- Subject: Re: New York Times article on BBS's
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.181536.1407@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: The Royal Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things
- References: <rdippold.711661229@cancun> <mtpins.711668470@icaen.uiowa.edu> <14kv1kINNg06@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 18:15:36 GMT
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- In article <14kv1kINNg06@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (tuu) writes:
- >In article <mtpins.711668470@icaen.uiowa.edu> mtpins@icaen.uiowa.edu (Michael T Pins) writes:
- >}Keep in mind that most computer "terms" are concatenated abbrev's.
- >}In this case, SYStem OPerator. Pronounce them accordingly.
- >
- > I really dislike this argument, but I used to use it myself....
- >
- > I dislike it because it's NOT true. There are many many terms that
- >are abbreviations/acronyms that are *not* pronounced the way in which the
- >original words are. There are only two I can think of at the moment, one
- >of which is a computer term.
- >
- > BASIC -- if the rule was true, we'd pronounce it "bahsick"
- > AMFAR -- American Foundation for Aids Research
-
- Your two examples are acronyms. "Sysop" is not an acronym, but rather an
- abbreviation containing entire syllables of the words from which it is derived.
- I think Michael is quite correct.
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