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--- Forwarded Message from Ed Dente <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 15:29:44 -0500 (EST) >From: Ed Dente <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #5453.4 spelling questions (!) >In-reply-to: <[log in to unmask]> >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, LLTI-Editor wrote: > --- Forwarded Message from Ursula Williams <[log in to unmask]> --- > > >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> > >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 > > ------------------ > 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 "I said, if you want to call me that, smile!" -Gary Cooper (w/ an assist) <<The Virginian>>