[Magdalen] Acronyms and initialisms (was TECnical question)

[ME Michaud]

The church I attend, Church of Our Saviour, Longwood, is
often referenced (even in the parish bulletin) COOS.
The vulgarity!
Makes me reel.
-M


On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 2:22 PM, F von Prondzynski <
F.von-Prondzynski at rgu.ac.uk> wrote:

> Kristin, I’m afraid your beloved is right. The two are separate concepts,
> though increasingly people use the word ‘acronym’ as if it included
> initialisms also. The difference between the two is that an acronym is
> used in speech as a word, rather than a set of letters. NASA, as was
> mentioned,
>