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  2. List of English abbreviations made by shortening words

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    cab Cabernet Sauvignon cabriolet caff (UK slang) café cal calorie (in combination, especially "lo-cal") Cal or Cali California Calcutta cam camera camouflage camo camouflage Can Canada or Canadian (in combination)

  3. 80 Acronym Examples You Should Know - AOL

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    Acronyms are created to shorten long phrases and speed up communication, much like abbreviations and initialisms. While these terms are similar, they do have distinct differences to note.

  4. Lists of acronyms - Wikipedia

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    Lists of acronyms contain acronyms, a type of abbreviation formed from the initial components of the words of a longer name or phrase. They are organized alphabetically and by field. They are organized alphabetically and by field.

  5. Acronym - Wikipedia

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    Acronyms pronounced as words are rare in Vietnamese, occurring when an acronym itself is borrowed from another language. Examples include SIĐA (pronounced [s̪i˧ ˀɗaː˧]), a respelling of the French acronym SIDA ('AIDS'); VOA (pronounced), a literal reading of the English initialism for 'Voice of America'; and NASA (pronounced [naː˧ zaː ...

  6. Acronym vs. Abbreviation vs. Initialism: What’s the Difference?

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    Here are some acronym examples: NASA, which stands for National Aeronautical and Space Administration. To form the acronym NASA, you take the first letter of each of the words in the phrase ...

  7. 35 Text Abbreviations You Should Know (and How to Use Them) - AOL

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    Basic texting abbreviations 8. BC. In texting terms, the second and third letters of the alphabet don’t refer to the time “before Christ.” “BC” is short for “because.”

  8. Lists of abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Lists of abbreviations in the English language: Athletics abbreviations; List of business and finance abbreviations; List of computing and IT abbreviations; List of ecclesiastical abbreviations; List of energy abbreviations; List of abbreviations in photography; List of glossing abbreviations (grammatical terms used in linguistic interlinear ...

  9. Glossary of language education terms - Wikipedia

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    In English-speaking countries, they have integrative motivation, the desire to learn the language to fit into an English-language culture. They are more likely to want to integrate because they 1. Generally have more friends and family with English language skills. 2. Have immediate financial and economic incentives to learn English. 3.