[mikwebb]

What is HTML?

[Jezebel]

It's an acronym.



"mikwebb" wrote in message
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What is HTML?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Actually, I would call it an abbreviation. I prefer to reserve the word
"acronym" for abbreviations that are pronounced as a word rather than
individual letters.

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"Jezebel" wrote in message
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It's an acronym.



"mikwebb" wrote in message
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What is HTML?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=define%3AHTML

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"mikwebb" wrote in message
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What is HTML?

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

Everything I've read backs up your preference. :-)


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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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Actually, I would call it an abbreviation. I prefer to reserve the word
"acronym" for abbreviations that are pronounced as a word rather than
individual letters.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Jezebel" wrote in message
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It's an acronym.



"mikwebb" wrote in message
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What is HTML?

[Jezebel]

I think that's mistaken. Acronym refers to etymology, not pronunication,
This is the OED's view also. And I think it more useful to use abbreviation
for the more general sense of a shortened form (which might or might not be
acronymic) that continues to imply the full word: 'st', 'Mrs', 'ave', 'etc',
etc.




"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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Actually, I would call it an abbreviation. I prefer to reserve the word
"acronym" for abbreviations that are pronounced as a word rather than
individual letters.

--
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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Jezebel" wrote in message
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It's an acronym.



"mikwebb" wrote in message
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What is HTML?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You have a good point about the etymology. Still, I think it's a helpful
distinction.

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"Jezebel" wrote in message
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I think that's mistaken. Acronym refers to etymology, not pronunication,
This is the OED's view also. And I think it more useful to use
abbreviation
for the more general sense of a shortened form (which might or might not
be
acronymic) that continues to imply the full word: 'st', 'Mrs', 'ave',
'etc',
etc.




"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
Actually, I would call it an abbreviation. I prefer to reserve the word
"acronym" for abbreviations that are pronounced as a word rather than
individual letters.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Jezebel" wrote in message
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It's an acronym.



"mikwebb" wrote in message
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What is HTML?

[Jezebel]

It's a useful distinction, but I think this isn't the way to make it. It
also rather breaches Ockham's rule: I can't see that we gain much from a
category that separates IBM from IKEA. Wikipedia uses the term 'initialism'
for the former class; but their own examples themselves ambiguous. SARS is
S-A-R-S in some parts of the English-speaking world and rhymes with 'cars'
elsewhere.




"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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You have a good point about the etymology. Still, I think it's a helpful
distinction.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Jezebel" wrote in message
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I think that's mistaken. Acronym refers to etymology, not pronunication,
This is the OED's view also. And I think it more useful to use
abbreviation
for the more general sense of a shortened form (which might or might not
be
acronymic) that continues to imply the full word: 'st', 'Mrs', 'ave',
'etc',
etc.




"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
Actually, I would call it an abbreviation. I prefer to reserve the word
"acronym" for abbreviations that are pronounced as a word rather than
individual letters.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Jezebel" wrote in message
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It's an acronym.



"mikwebb" wrote in message
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What is HTML?

[Jaybee]

It's an acronym for "HyperText Markup Language".if you're new to computers or
want more info on this sort of thing try searching NETlingo.com/
Regards
Jaybee
"mikwebb" wrote:

What is HTML?

[Don]

?B?bWlrd2ViYg==?= wrote in
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What is HTML?

Hyper Text Markup Language

http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/starthere/whatishtml.html
http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_intro.asp
http://www.wdvl.com/Authoring/HTML/

[mikwebb]

Thank you. Your reply was extreemely helpful.

Thanks
mikwebb


"Don" wrote:

?B?bWlrd2ViYg==?= wrote in
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What is HTML?

Hyper Text Markup Language

http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/starthere/whatishtml.html
http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_intro.asp
http://www.wdvl.com/Authoring/HTML/