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Is TV an acronym for tele (T)+vision(V)?
No, because as Tdol mentioned in post #3, acronyms are composed of the first letters of individual words. While 'vision' is a word by itself, 'tele' is just a prefix and cannot stand by itself as a word, although several variants of English do use 'telly'.Is TV an acronym for tele (T)+vision(V)?
And that of course is just short for 'television', like the Australian 'barbie' for 'barbeque'.although several variants of English do use 'telly'.
I agree.I would say "scuba" used to be an acronym, but through usage it became a "regular" word.
I would say "scuba" used to be an acronym, but through usage it became a "regular" word.
I often agree with myself, too.I agree.
Many people don't make the distinction between the two and call them all acronyms.There is some overlap between initialism and acronyms. They're both composed of the first initial of each component word, but whereas acronyms are pronounced as a new separate word, initialisms are pronounced as the individual letters they're composed of.
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