note 62116 added to faq.general

From: Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 16:07:08 +0000
Subject: note 62116 added to faq.general
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> Acronyms are pronounced as words, for example NASA and RADAR. er, PHP *is* an acronym, that when pronounced as a word sounds like "poop" Acronyms that sound good pronounced as words (NASA, SCUBA, RADAR) are pronounced as words, acronyms that don't (PVC, PHP, TMBG), aren't. > Abbreviations (when standing for multiple words) are pronounced as > letters, for example: IBM, CIA, and PHP. abbreviations are shorter forms of one word generally: Abbr, Dr, St and have nothing to do with the construct "PHP" Hopefully that clears up any misconceptions about whay "PHP" is linguistically :) ---- Server IP: 216.194.113.175 Probable Submitter: 198.66.78.2 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/faq.general.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+62116 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+62116&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+62116&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+62116&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+62116&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+62116&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+62116&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+62116&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+62116&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php

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