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>Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 15:29:44 -0500 (EST)
>From: Ed Dente <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #5453.4 spelling questions (!)
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>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum    <[log in to unmask]>

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On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, LLTI-Editor wrote:

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> >Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 08:39:48 -0500
> >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum               <[log in to unmask]>
> >From: Ursula Williams <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: Re: #5453 spelling questions
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> Polly, you have raised some interesting questions. I am working on a new
> edition of the IALL Glossary, and will try to answer some of them. The
> reason you see so many variations has to do with variations that have crept
> into American English, thanks primarily to advertisers, and with the fact
> that these are new terms.
> 
> DVD is probably preferable to D.V.D. these days, because using periods in
> abbreviations has gone out of fashion. Most newspapers print AFL-CIO, for
> example, and have for years. (When I was growing up it was A.F. of L.)

Yes, but they changed it when they merged w/ the N.F. of L. and started
having the Super Bowl. 
Grin/Groan.
Ed 

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