On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 11:30, Lloyd Wood wrote: > On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Frank Solensky wrote: > > On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 06:22, Gibson, Mark wrote: > > > >Finally, last para of sectin 4.5, "Mnemonics appearing in the > > > Abstract" > > > >and 'meaning of the mnemonics "IP" or "TCP" or "MIB"' -- you mean > > > >acronym, not mnemonic. > > he should have said 'abbreviations'. > > > > http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=abbreviate*1+0 > > > http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=mnemonic*1+0 > > > http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=acronym*1+0 http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=acronym makes no mention of the abbreviation being pronounced. G.B.Shaw's line about two great countries being separated by a common language comes to mind -- I never realized that English and American had those distinctions before. Likewise, http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=abbreviation isn't limited to first letters of words.