Steve Barker LT wrote:
It's not an acronym unless it's pronounced as a word. If spelled out, or it
doesn't make a word it's just an abbreviation.

Interesting. I hadn't realized that if the letters didn't make a
pronounceable word, it wasn't an acronym. If it's spelled out, though,
it's not really an abbreviation, it's an initialism. I wouldn't have
known the latter if you hadn't sent me to the dictionary on the former.
Thanks, Steve.

R