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I read this comment and thought about it a lot. I don't think that's the rule. For example, US abbreviating United States. Nobody reads it as "us", even thou
by jrockway 4y ago
I read this comment and thought about it a lot. I don't think that's the rule. For example, US abbreviating United States. Nobody reads it as "us", even though that's a commonly used word.
- sirshmooey 4y agoU.S. would be initialism, not an acronym. I think we’ve stumbled into a linguistic grey area. Really a matter preference I guess. https://abbreviations.yourdictionary.com/reference/abbreviations/what-is-an-initialism.html https://abbreviations.yourdictionary.com/reference/abbreviat... https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/whats-an-acronym https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/whats-an-acron...