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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by trainheartedguy [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by TheAntiGates [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by trainheartedguy 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 [/quote] Conrail would be an accronym, not an abbreviation...[:)] [/quote] 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)? [/quote] It's been awhile, but If I recall properly, an abreviation is when you shorten a word.. as in "Blvd." for "Boulevard" or "St." for "Street" and should properly be followed by a Period. Whereas taking component words and forming a word from it, example: Atlanta's bus and subway company "Marta" (Mertopolitan Atlanta Rapid Transportation Authority) is an accronym. I dated a gal named "Marta" while I was living in Atlanta years ago, and she set me straight on accronyms early in our relationship [B)]
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