Welsh orthography does not figure largely in American 'grammar'---for which read 'primary'---school curricula.
A more apposite, albeit trite, example is provided by QANTAS, the name of the Australian flag airline. It was originally an acronym for 'Queensland And Northern Territories Aerial Services [Limited]', but it became a stand-alone name almost immediately. Some token usages overlap. 'Qom' is the name of a Persian city [and province], a Shia pilgrimage center since the 17th century. In the variant form QOM is is also an acronym for, among a good many other things, 'Quick Ontological Mapping'. The substantial point here is that glittering universal formulations---as in "Thou shalt not commit a GOTO!"--- are always wrong, in programming and elsewhere. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
