you're right herkalees, from dictionary.com:an acronym is "A word formed from the initial letters of a name, such as WAC for Women's Army Corps, or by combining initial letters or parts of a series of words, such as radar for radio detecting and ranging"there were several abbreviations that were not acronyms in that test.
vman81May 14, 2009
Hehe, the site couldn't load my results.. crapped all over my screen
ungajavaMay 14, 2009
you're right herkalees, from dictionary.com:an acronym is "A word formed from the initial letters of a name, such as WAC for Women's Army Corps, or by combining initial letters or parts of a series of words, such as radar for radio detecting and ranging"there were several abbreviations that were not acronyms in that test.
tenarethMay 14, 2009
That's what she said?... Yeah, that just sounds wrong.
lukedukeMay 14, 2009
I think the site got the DE - Digg Effect
hansrodtangMay 14, 2009
20/20. That was way too easy!
shortyr19May 14, 2009
Not according to Webster: <a class="user" href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acronym">http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acronym</a>An "initialism" is also an acronym.