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maximus otter Gents,
You aren't talking about acronyms; you're talking about initials.
An acronym is a word made up from the initial letters of other words, e.g. laser or NATO.
How would you pronounce EDC, BM or ROTFLMAO?
Maximus dons his flameproofs & awaits attack from the "pedantry"...
maximus otter
Well, Mr. Otter, I guess you haven't been traveling abroad lately. We don't speak the Queen's English over here. In fact, we learn to pronounce ROTFLMAO, EDC, BM, and other WWTMVITRP (Words Without Too Many Vowels In The Right Places) in KINDERGARTEN!!!! So there!
So, maybe, you are TECHNICALLY correct. Maybe we Americans don't know what an acronym is. But I speak "compound initials" fluently! So if I can pronounce them, then I guess they're ACRONYMS! Hah!
By the way, in case you were wondering, WWTMVITRP is pronounced just the way it sounds.