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Re: Hurd typographyRe: Hurd typographyPosted Aug 23, 2008 18:35 UTC (Sat) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954)In reply to: Re: Ubuntu developers are also contributing to the HURD by pr1268 Parent article: In defense of Ubuntu Then I guess Hurd isn't an acronym; it's just a proper noun that was invented in an acronymal way. I don't think acronyms stand for anything, by the way. An abbreviation stands for something, but an acronym is a word in its own right. Unlike with an abbreviation, if you were to "spell out" an acronym, you would change the sentence and probably require the user to translate back to the acronym to figure out what you're referring to. I say "is derived from" instead of "stands for" for an acronym.
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