[Milsurplus] Acronym Nitpicking

Al Klase ark at ar88.net
Tue May 14 18:25:03 EDT 2013


I'd go with all caps.

However, it's not an acronym, but more of a contraction.  WILL COMPLY

Al

On 5/14/2013 4:24 PM, J. Forster wrote:
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> Assume, Upper/Lower text is being used.
>
> Should it be WILCO or Wilco or WilCo or what?
>
> Generally, an acronym is all Upper case:
>
> NASA
> DOD
> YMMV, BTW, AFAIK, etc.
>
> But in some cases Upper/Lower is used:
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> SCotUS
>
> And some have morphed with time:
>
> RADAR has become Radar or radar
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> So, what is wilco???
>
> Puzzled,
>
> -John
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