RE: Acronyms, abbreviations and initialism

[Sankara R <ss_rajanala -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

RADAR - initialism, and acronym

USA, EU - initialisms, not acronyms

SCSI (pronounced 'scasi/scazy'): not initialism,
acronym

ODI (one-day international: a game of cricket
played out in one day, as opposed to 5 or 6):
this was initially o-d-i (initialism),
increasingly now it is pronounced 'odie'

>> Moral: all initialisms are potential acronyms.
  
          EU can become 'you' and USA, oozer

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Initialism _is_ a pedantic distinction.



Thanks and regards, 
Sankara S Rajanala 
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