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How often do English speakers use non-English-based acronyms? I see USSR much more often CCCP, HIV more often than VIH...
by doukdouk 6y ago
How often do English speakers use non-English-based acronyms?
I see USSR much more often CCCP, HIV more often than VIH...
- widforss 6y agoThe best acronym must be UTC. Let's make no one happy.
- jcranmer 6y agoAlso ISO, which is short for International Organization for Standards.
- doukdouk 6y agoIt is not: > ISO gives this explanation of the name: "Because 'International Organization for Standardization' would have different acronyms in different languages (IOS in English, OIN in French), our founders decided to give it the short form ISO. ISO is derived from the Greek isos, meaning equal. Whatever the country, whatever the language, the short form of our name is always ISO."[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Organization_for_Standardization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Organization_for...
- bloak 6y ago> How often do English speakers use non-English-based acronyms? Not every often, but LSD is a notable example: the S is for "Säure", German for "acid". Also names of foreign political parties: the full names of political parties aren't usually very informative, so expanding the acronym, translating it into English, and then making a new acronym would be ... unhelpful. Edit: Of course it's not CCCP; it's СССР, or SSSR!