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fortis
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Common Abbreviations

Regarding  "Common Abbreviations" , there're really acronyms. Like the FBI, CIA, FICO are not abbreviations but acronyms.

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Traveler101
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Re: Common Abbreviations

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pizzadude
Credit Mentor

Re: Common Abbreviations

Duly noted. 

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ptatohed
Senior Contributor

Re: Common Abbreviations


@fortis wrote:

Regarding  "Common Abbreviations" , there're really acronyms. Like the FBI, CIA, FICO are not abbreviations but acronyms.


Actually to be completely correct, I think they are all Abbreviations.  An abbreviation is any shortening of a word or words. 

 

Under Abbreviations, you have Acronyms and Initialisms. 

 

An acronym is prounounced like a word:  AIDS, DARE, MADD, WHO, etc.

 

With Initialisms, you pronounce the letters individually:  DMV, NYC, DVD, FBI, etc.

 

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