Hammer_Stixx
Hammer_Stixx t1_j6vc9dd wrote
Reply to comment by xDrBagelx in [OC] Number of English Words by Length in Letters and Syllables by OfficialWireGrind
Acronyms are for shortened names that are still pronounced as words, like PETA, or NATO. Initialisms are the ones that you just shorten for the sake of shortening, but aren't really pronounceable. Things like BMW, or LMAO.
I might be wrong about this, but this is what I can vaguely remember on the topic.
Hammer_Stixx t1_j6vj0k1 wrote
Reply to comment by Pademelon1 in [OC] Number of English Words by Length in Letters and Syllables by OfficialWireGrind
Not really meant to be, it's an initialism first and foremost.