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« Reply #15 on: October 28, 2007, 12:37:20 AM »
Quote from: keosomala on October 25, 2007, 10:41:42 PM
So I've been clear with these two "acroynym and abbreviation". I pronounce an acronym as a word and a abbreviation in letters...yeah, got it now. Thanks a million.  Grin

The name for acronyms that are pronounced as letters not words is 'initialism'.http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/acronym.html
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