"Jon Harris" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:OV30f.4272$097.3614@trnddc01...
> "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).
>
The muss spell-checker isn't the best authority but I can pronounce fubby
and puckem so suspect that this line of reasoning is an example of beiess.

Best of Luck - Mike