[Magdalen] TECnical question

[Jim Guthrie]

From: Scott Knitter

>I don't like the proliferation of acronyms in general, especially when one
>of the letters stands for "The." I suppose TEC is a handy abbreviation, but
>shouldn't it really be "the EC" if we must have an abbreviation? Or maybe
i>t's TEC over against Scotland's SEC?

I think it's better than the historic acronym -- PE or PEC as in "Protestant 
Episcopal Church." So there's certainly historical precedent.  And the acronym 
is rarely -- if ever -- used by non TEC people  or in news items or other 
communications meant for general public consumption.

I recall some bitter discussions over the relevance of EC vs PEC or PE back on 
anglican#american.edu twenty years ago, but everyone seemed to take to TEC -- a 
reasonable and descriptive compromise.

Cheers,
Jim