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Re: Should we wrap common abbreviations in tags?

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From: Dean Hamack
Date: Dec 2, 2008 4:45PM

I have been. Particularly in the two cases you cite where "jan" could be
confused for a person's name, and where a lot of people wouldn't know what
"nsw" stands for (I didn't).

Also a slight correction: multiple words spelled out with initials are
acronyms (like New South Wales), not abbreviations.

On 12/2/08 3:14 PM, "Tessie Teoh" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We are currently programming a website and were wondering if we should
> wrap common abbreviations in corresponding tags, for example wrap "Jan"
> for January or "NSW" for New South Wales.