Posted by Banky Fan at spider-wk062.proxy.aol.com on April 02, 2000 at 01:08:26:
In Reply to: Stickler alert. posted by Pedro on April 01, 2000 at 03:22:26:
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: : Rolling On The Floor Laughing. It's an "Acronym."
: : That's what it means, you goddam stickler.
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: It's an initialism. Acronyms (NATO, UNESCO) are pronounced as words. Initialisms (NBA, LOL) aren't. Yes, I'm dorky. Let's move on.
But "rolf" is pronouncable (it would sound the same as the Muppet that played the piano...altough I'm sure Lynch could tell me that that's now how you spell it)...and no one pronounces these things, so there.
And if you could pronounce and it IS the correct Muppet spelling, it's also a (Dr. Evil quotes) "Hymonym"
Sit down, son.
No shot!