IBM were famous for that. They had a very big manual and rules about how you could form acronyms which included the strict injunction against nesting acronyms inside other acronyms. My favourite, possibly apocryphal, was AMD or Air Movement Device, otherwise known as a fan. A three letter acronym for a three letter word. And of course TLA (three letter acronym) itself.
Paul Ewins Melbourne, Australia > On 25 Feb 2015, at 5:20 am, Bill <anotherdrunken...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 24/02/2015 9:57 AM, Jack Davis wrote: >> In all likely hood, the explosion of acronyms would blow the mind. >> >> > The company I used to work for had enough acronyms that they ended up > publishing an online manual listing them and what they stood for. > It made for fun conversations. > > bill > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
