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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by TheAntiGates</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by trainheartedguy</i> <br /><br />Well, back around 1840-1880, the B&O was the BALTo & OHIO on its boxcars, and CONRAIL does stand for the Consolidated Rail Corperation, so It would be considered an abbreviation <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Conrail would be an accronym, not an abbreviation...[:)] <br />[/quote] <br />I thought that an abreviation is when you abreviate (Shorten) a word (ex: Jake instead of jacob), and an acronym is when you take the first letter to make a new word (ex: HOP instead of Help On Potrol)?
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