[mythtv-users] stupid vdpau question: pronunciation

James Oltman cnlibmyth at gmail.com
Wed Jul 14 19:44:03 UTC 2010


On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 2:34 PM, aaron <memoryguy at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 15:32, aaron <memoryguy at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > An acronym is one that can be pronounced as a word... like "SCSI" is
> "scuzzy"
> >
> > An initialization is one that is pronounced as letters... like "USB"
> > is "You Ess Bee"
>
> Oops... it's "initialism" not initialization.
>
> http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/acronyms-grammar.aspx
>
> aaron
>

Vee Dee POW (like the POW brick in Super Mario Brothers).
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