> 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 n

> 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!