Comments on: Clarity in TLA land http://information-overload.nzeldes.com/blog/2010/01/clarity-in-tla-land/ Insight, debate and solutions for restoring productivity and work/life balance in this age of Infoglut Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:16:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Nathan Zeldes http://information-overload.nzeldes.com/blog/2010/01/clarity-in-tla-land/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Nathan Zeldes Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:29:37 +0000 http://information-overload.nzeldes.com/blog/?p=143#comment-133 Quite so, TechieBird - but then, TLA is also self-referential... Quite so, TechieBird – but then, TLA is also self-referential…

]]> By: TechieBird http://information-overload.nzeldes.com/blog/2010/01/clarity-in-tla-land/comment-page-1/#comment-132 TechieBird Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:18:41 +0000 http://information-overload.nzeldes.com/blog/?p=143#comment-132 And to make matters worse, most of them aren't even acronyms. An acronym is one you pronounce like a word, e.g. GUI, UNICEF or SNAFU. Anything else is an abbreviation, e.g. USA, UK, CPU or TLA. Sorry to be pedantic, but at least the abbreviation TLA still works regardless ;o) BTW, have you heard of the term ETLA (Extended Three Letter Abbreviation) for Abbreviations/Acronyms of four letters or more. I especially like it for being self-referential :o) And to make matters worse, most of them aren’t even acronyms.

An acronym is one you pronounce like a word, e.g. GUI, UNICEF or SNAFU. Anything else is an abbreviation, e.g. USA, UK, CPU or TLA.

Sorry to be pedantic, but at least the abbreviation TLA still works regardless ;o)

BTW, have you heard of the term ETLA (Extended Three Letter Abbreviation) for Abbreviations/Acronyms of four letters or more. I especially like it for being self-referential :o )

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