morphology: acronyms
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Mummy, where do new words come from?
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Acronyms
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Word made from all or most of
the letters in a name or phrase
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Radar
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radio detecting and ranging apparatus
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Scuba
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Self-contained underwater
breathing apparatus
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What are some more acronyms?
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NASA
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Radar
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Scuba
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How are these ones different?
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Why are abbreviations
such as “HMSO” or
“GPS” not acronyms?
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Because they are not said as words
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Is this an acronym or an initialism?
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BRBNASACSIRORAMDSLDVDTV
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