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Re:Aids: Origin of pandemic 'was 1920s Kinshasa' by feynmanistheman on Friday October 03, 2014 @06:16PM (#8407929)
The Brits seem to do it for acronyms you pronounce, i.e. Fifa or Aids, but not the ones you spell out like HIV.
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Re:Aids: Origin of pandemic 'was 1920s Kinshasa' by chriswarbo on Friday October 03, 2014 @06:36PM (#8408023)
> acronyms you pronounce

> the ones you spell out

If you're looking to distinguish these, you can use the term "initialism" for the latter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym#Nomenclature

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Re:Aids: Origin of pandemic 'was 1920s Kinshasa' by feynmanistheman on Saturday October 04, 2014 @02:16AM (#8408930)
Ah! Thanks, I knew there was a word for it.
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