[Magdalen] Acronyms and initialisms (was TECnical question)

[Grace Cangialosi]

Interesting! My home parish in Charlottesville, also Church of Our Saviour, has used COOS for years, and everyone is very happy with it.  The youth group is COOSYG, pronounced coo-sig.

YMMV, of course

> On May 9, 2015, at 5:25 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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,
>>