RE: Initials

From: Jonathan Rosenne (rosenne@qsm.co.il)
Date: Mon Feb 25 2002 - 07:05:05 EST


In Hebrew, groups of initials are normally pronounced.
 
Jony

-----Original Message-----
From: Wm Se?n Glen [mailto:rexlibris@mindspring.com]
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 10:32 PM
To: Jonathan Rosenne; 'Vladimir Ivanov'; unicode@unicode.org
Subject: Re: Initials

    To Jonathan:
    Technically, if a group of initials can be pronounced as a single
word like NASA, then it is an acronym. If one pronounces the letters
individually, then it's not an acronym, it's just a group of letters.

    Wm Seán Glen

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