"Richard Crowley" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Richard Crowley" wrote :...
>> ... Whenever I see the acronyn "PCM",
>> I automatically activate my BS filter.
>
> Correction. "PCM" is an initialism, not an acronym.
> Acronyms are pronouncable (like "OPEC"), whereas
> initialisms are not pronouncable (like "FBI").

You may be correct, but common usage seems to be to use acronym for either one.
In fact, I've never heard of the word initialism (and neither has the MS
spell-checker).

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