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		philwelch on Dec 18, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Steve Jobs Introduces WebObjects [video] (1996) Acronyms, traditionally, are by definition pronounceable as words. Things like "U.S.A." where you only pronounce the letters are called initialisms.

nailer on Dec 19, 2014 [–]

> Acronyms, traditionally, are by definition pronounceable as words.

Yes, I'm aware of that, hence stating 'There was some weird 90s conversion of abbreviations to acronyms' in the comment you're replying to.

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