Gaming anograms??

Oh boy.

I really want to see Manker's, and ofcourse JPAuls view on this.
:lol:

fot orcut:

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Originally Posted by orcutt989

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Originally Posted by Busyman

They are not acronyms. They are abbreviations. :busyman:

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n.
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.

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Thanks but er uh it's been posted....but thanks.

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Originally Posted by orcutt989

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Originally Posted by Busyman

They are not acronyms. They are abbreviations. :busyman:

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ac·ro·nym
n.
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.




an·a·gram
n.

1. A word or phrase formed by reordering the letters of another word or phrase, such as satin to stain.
2. anagrams (used with a sing. verb) A game in which players form words from a group of randomly picked letters.

ab·bre·vi·a·tion
n.

1. The act or product of shortening.
2. A shortened form of a word or phrase used chiefly in writing to represent the complete form, such as Mass. for Massachusetts or USMC for United States Marine Corps.

Acronyms. Speak english?


Don't correct someone unless you know what you are talking about.

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It's pretty simple.

An acronym is a pronouceable word, like RADAR. If it is something like SFA (Scottish Football Association) then it is an abbreviation. The lines seem to be pretty blurred, particularly for Americans. But please don't think posting three excerpts from an online dictionary (without sourcing it ffs) proves anything other than you know how to use Google.

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Originally Posted by orcutt989

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Originally Posted by Busyman

They are not acronyms. They are abbreviations. :busyman:

:ph34r:

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ac·ro·nym
n.
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.

First Person Shooter FPS


an·a·gram
n.

1. A word or phrase formed by reordering the letters of another word or phrase, such as satin to stain.
2. anagrams (used with a sing. verb) A game in which players form words from a group of randomly picked letters.

ab·bre·vi·a·tion
n.

1. The act or product of shortening.
2. A shortened form of a word or phrase used chiefly in writing to represent the complete form, such as Mass. for Massachusetts or USMC for United States Marine Corps.

Acronyms. Speak english?


Don't correct someone unless you know what you are talking about.

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Oh I missed the rest of your post. Nice edit.


Thanks for proving my point further. Check the examples in your acronym definition. Also, as said before, acronyms are abbreviations but vice-versa.

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Originally Posted by Busyman

You are a shit googler and lack common sense.

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Afronuat,

Thanx for the comprehensive guide on terminology (perfect)

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Originally Posted by spelunker121

Afronuat,

Thanx for the comprehensive guide on terminology (perfect)

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Well thanks, but I think there's a member or two who disagrees, hehe...
About Google search, learning to use it is a must,
it is the tool for information.
Allthought as they get paid for results etc. saturation it still works and it covers
a lot of sites and stuff.
;)

Also, Wiki is pretty good too.

:D

I don't know why its so hard to comprehend busyman. If its a sequence of initial letters and you read it as a word its an acronym( FIFA, AIDS, LASER, Gestapo). If you still spell the sequence out ( USA, FBI, CIA, ) its an abbreviation. FKING SIMPLE.

From www.Dictionary.com

acronym

n : a word formed from the initial letters of a multi-word name

an·a·gram
n.
A word or phrase formed by reordering the letters of another word or phrase, such as satin to stain.

ab·bre·vi·a·tion
n.
A shortened form of a word or phrase used chiefly in writing to represent the complete form, such as Mass. for Massachusetts or USMC for United States Marine Corps.

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From Meriam-Webster www.m-w.com

ac·ro·nym

: a word (as NATO, radar, or snafu) formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term; also : an abbreviation (as FBI) formed from initial letters


an·a·gram

: a word or phrase made by transposing the letters of another word or phrase


ab·bre·vi·a·tion

a shortened form of a written word or phrase used in place of the whole <amt is an abbreviation for amount>

Merriam-Websters thesaurus results - Link

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Take your pick.. They all say the same thing....that I'm right. Case closed for me. I don't need to argue this anymore, it's going nowhere.

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Originally Posted by Skizo

ac·ro·nym

: a word (as NATO, radar, or snafu) formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term; also : an abbreviation (as FBI) formed from initial letters

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Makes it sound like you both are right. ;)

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Originally Posted by n18

I don't know why its so hard to comprehend busyman. If its a sequence of initial letters and you read it as a word its an acronym( FIFA, AIDS, LASER, Gestapo). If you still spell the sequence out ( USA, FBI, CIA, ) its an abbreviation. FKING SIMPLE.

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What in the hell are you talking about? :huh:

That's EXACTLY what I've been saying.

RIF