From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 258e056b for ; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 19:48:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 742189BCB6; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 05:48:05 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABF9F9B8B2; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 05:47:47 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="SKReUjJO"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id D4A329B961; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 05:47:45 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-io1-f48.google.com (mail-io1-f48.google.com [209.85.166.48]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 50E039B8B2 for ; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 05:47:45 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-io1-f48.google.com with SMTP id c25so28525842iot.12 for ; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 12:47:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=m8+xWXVjoj7NLEd9nHylyfExnr3skhC8MydTSLX43T8=; b=SKReUjJOrpXopFBx0LT3NFIZHL+MT6WWa0BLHu83F8pRpfe1pRzv8EjmDU2Z9IFcjn 0vxF89H2c3glPZOFS+pgRLlmudvPd6IC8ObUImsSIKB3bx/y6Zg6MOTunNvaOYRizh3X +ij3LC1UbaEacwSvbJsAtG7YTNwqtCOVAPp+aOtK2heCiy6ox27U3hm1EAMUf4lHSU3y g73i5eF5W0TADW8VjGTS5UFFbV06c6MX6igY0RqCFQpI31fw+XWeKQHSpBPbdR080WaD WlIpbrMDkGS4LVTIqaNpaY8iaKfMY5hRCtqSjGsVSrGA/HMTDKnB8Npt3JNMQcSnL+oo BkDA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=m8+xWXVjoj7NLEd9nHylyfExnr3skhC8MydTSLX43T8=; b=dKmWvOn1Kv7vG+X0v/31axzPQ6hkNJ1TyjgLoEmm2af5nDv06LZ+5xOFssko/AE4/p VQuaoOrAN5AObuprdCygywH7Y+P80DpNUI35CjcHI4uixKOnxXYnlSgKDjL0JrJDAC7f DAsuaGyEbpOpwIa50xl/5DtyG4X/i8fqqCBY2R0x29E7KYNZnjrw7Sv1jlQg5BV3sFcl tw4PAJEFd38tV+VA/oteGUzy54uLa8aM00FmmsEmUXPMwxUI8AsKNGpo4sA6OP0UZpN0 EGdkciXSperHA9JlS/9j448xzi0TCIa5nMgJQioclJereVMw9QIf0Cq2DJZs1lGkjYYF UCMA== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAXMYqrKW2v0cfQQfAudV1xrODRHFfA0YI8LDQ/Kf9jQe5GJ9Z4E AlWTr6yLLtoO3x4kd/1f0S5oPqzFt4c= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqxrcdfgNhgscCi7ytC5Gv0Ijzv/GcJuGmL+Lc6/ESlYDmp6cq35UQm0FULyzNPQhf/LXTOo9A== X-Received: by 2002:a02:a584:: with SMTP id b4mr26497038jam.16.1570909664559; Sat, 12 Oct 2019 12:47:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.0.1.24] (198.27.14-65.ip.mltn.standardbroadband.ca. [198.27.14.65]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id e15sm9618131ioe.33.2019.10.12.12.47.41 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 12 Oct 2019 12:47:43 -0700 (PDT) To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org References: <20191010131848.C13DC18C08B@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> From: Nemo Nusquam Message-ID: Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2019 15:39:54 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; SunOS sun4u; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.5.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [TUHS] Welcome to new TUHS subscribers X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On 10/10/19 22:46, Dave Horsfall wrote: > On Thu, 10 Oct 2019, Noel Chiappa wrote: > >> DEC documentation mostly used uppercase in the text; e.g. the "pdp11 >> peripherals handbook" (to transcribe the cover exactly) uses "PDP-11" >> several times on pg 1-1. > > And being an acronym it is of course upper-case... At the risk of being labelled a pedant. from the OED: acronym orig. U.S. (ˈækrənɪm) [f. acr(o- + -onym after homonym.] A word formed from the initial letters of other words. Hence as v. trans., to convert into an acronym (chiefly pass. and as pa. pple.). Also acroˈnymic a.; acroˈnymically adv.; ˈacronyming vbl. n.; ˈacronymize v. trans. vs. initialism (ɪnˈɪʃəlɪzm) [f. initial n. + -ism.] The use of initials; a significative group of initial letters. Now spec. a group of initial letters used as an abbreviation for a name or expression, each letter or part being pronounced separately (contrasted with acronym). N. > -- Dave