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31 acronyms you use all the time—what they actually stand for

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/31-acronyms-you-use-all-the-time-what-they-actually-stand-for

There's no quick way to do it (that I know of), but I'm building another #AmEditing list. I had a brilliant collection on Twitter, but an egocentric, entitled, billionaire white fuck rendered it obsolete.

Oh well, fresh start and all that. Currently adding any #editor, #lexicographer, and #linguist I know.

There's no quick way to do it (that I know of), but I'm building another #AmEditing list. I had a brilliant collection on Twitter, but an egocentric, entitled, billionaire white fuck rendered it obsolete.

Oh well, fresh start and all that. Currently adding any #editor, #lexicographer, and #linguist I know.

Apologies, btw, for my slightly random #syllable boundaries – I can’t recall the procedure (if indeed there was one) for deciding whether a consonant belongs to the #coda of one syllable or the #onset of the next

I’m not a #phonologist, and haven’t even been a serious #linguist for a few years