[ARC5] [Milsurplus] Acronym Nitpicking
J. Forster
jfor at quikus.com
Tue May 14 17:10:20 EDT 2013
Yes all, I KNOW it means 'will comply'
The question is, how is it properly written:
WILCO
wilco
WilCo
-John
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> "Wilco".......'will comply' As "Roger, Wilco and out"
> Rod
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> Subject: [Milsurplus] Acronym Nitpicking
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> Assume, Upper/Lower text is being used.
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> Should it be WILCO or Wilco or WilCo or what?
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> Generally, an acronym is all Upper case:
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> NASA
> DOD
> YMMV, BTW, AFAIK, etc.
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> But in some cases Upper/Lower is used:
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> SCotUS
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> And some have morphed with time:
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> RADAR has become Radar or radar
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> So, what is wilco???
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> Puzzled,
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> -John
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