The Oxford dictionary has "radar", "loran" and "scuba" all listed in lower case.
Also according to them "radar" never was an acronym. It is a coined word. Technically to be an acronym the it must be spelled by the first letter of several other words. "SCUBA" is an acronym but "scuba" is now a common English word that has displaced the old 1950's vintage "SCUBA" in modern usage. But "radar" was never an acronym. The Oxford English Dictionary takes the view that the English language changes with time. You can disagree. Many people do and claim English has fixed rules that never change but if you do then you will have to pick a date for when it was "correct" and then explain how it could be incorrect before that date. On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 7:07 AM, paul swed <paulsw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Indeed. But thats the way it goes. > > On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 12:52 PM, J. Forster <j...@quik.com> wrote: > >> There ain't no such thing as Loran. It's LORAN, just like RADAR. >> >> They are BOTH acronyms. >> >> -John >> >> ================= >> >> >> > There never was a Loran receiver with a keypad. I am certain he meant >> > Loran C. Loran is (was) the common name for the service... But then, >> > you already knew that, and were just trying to stir things up. >> > >> > -Chuck Harris >> > >> > Max Robinson wrote: >> >> He didn't say Loran C he said Loran. That is the old system that used >> >> to operate just above the AM broadcast band and took away most of the >> >> 160 meter ham band. That hasn't been around for decades. I don't think >> >> there is a version of it operating anywhere in the world. >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >> > To unsubscribe, go to >> > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> > and follow the instructions there. >> > >> > >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- ===== Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.