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.
Comment on Where did the abbreviation "w/" for "with" come from?
Klear@lemmy.world 8 months agoWikipedia at least sees initialisms as a type of acronyms. But even if it didn’t, your comment would still be unhelpful pedantry.
ijeff@lemdro.id 8 months ago
seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
K.
(That’s an initialism for “OK”.)
Izzgo@kbin.social 8 months ago
And OK is initialism for okay.
seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
It’s actually an initialism for “Oll Korrect”. I’m not kidding.
Kase@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Is that why people sometimes say “O.K.”? I always assumed it was just a grammar mistake. The more you know lol