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In case more people are wondering still: "SDV" is not an acronym but an initialism. TIL that in today's thread about TIL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=

by Carrok 11y ago

In case more people are wondering still: "SDV" is not an acronym but an initialism. TIL that in today's thread about TIL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11069206 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11069206

aidenn0 11y ago
In American English it's pretty well accepted that Acronym includes initialisms, and in fact the word initialism is hardly ever used.
- Carrok 11y ago
  Wow, didn't mean to offend anyone, thought it was a cool bit of info.