Comment on Where did the abbreviation "w/" for "with" come from?

• Klear@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Wikipedia at least sees initialisms as a type of acronyms. But even if it didn’t, your comment would still be unhelpful pedantry.

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  • seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    K.

    (That’s an initialism for “OK”.)

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    • Izzgo@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And OK is initialism for okay.

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      • seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It’s actually an initialism for “Oll Korrect”. I’m not kidding.

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  • ijeff@lemdro.id ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m not the person you were replying to, but the source linked on the wiki for that statement actually refers to them as being distinct.

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